Category Archives: Right View

These are op-ed columns originally published in the Cambridge Chronicle. They were written by members of the Cambridge Republican City Committee.

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The Right View: GOP Voters Can Make Local Difference

(Editor’s Note: this piece, written by CRCC chairman Henry Irving, originally appeared in the Cambridge Chronicle on 10/17/11. You can view the original here: http://www.wickedlocal.com/cambridge/opinions/columnists/x1017194078/The-Right-View-GOP-vote-can-make-a-local-difference) Picture a modern-day Paul Revere watching the City Hall clock tower, awaiting a signal from … Continue reading

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The Right View: Elizabeth Warren’s “viral” video

(Editor’s Note: This piece, written by CRCC Secretary Peter Wilson, originally appeared in the Cambridge Chronicle on October 3, 2011. You can view the original here: http://www.wickedlocal.com/cambridge/opinions/columnists/x325097235/The-Right-View-Elizabeth-Warren-s-viral-video#axzz1cJWDEYyB) Cambridge’s own Senate candidate, Harvard Law professor Elizabeth Warren, has clearly hit a … Continue reading

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Green future 2020: Bonanza or chimera?

The Patrick Administration released its “Clean Energy and Climate Plan for 2020” in the final days of 2010, announcing a target of a 25 percent reduction below 1990 levels in greenhouse gas emissions by 2020. This target is a legal … Continue reading

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Collective bargaining–A private right that should not be public

On Feb. 28, 2011, the Cambridge City Council unanimously resolved: “We in Cambridge…support the right of workers…from Wisconsin… who are being attacked by right wing fanatics… to organize and collectively bargain…” On August 16, 1937, one closet right wing fanatic … Continue reading

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A day at the Circus

Last Monday, the Circus came to town. It did not arrive at its usual venue in the Boston Garden. Instead, the Big Top was set up at 795 Massachusetts Avenue in the chambers of the Cambridge City Council. The role … Continue reading

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The Museum of Science’s RACE exhibit

The question of race is an interesting scientific topic, appropriate for a show at the Museum of Science. The “RACE—Are we so different?” exhibit that recently opened at the museum, however, is short on science and long on politics, more … Continue reading

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Texas and taxes versus Cambridge and sanctuary

A friend of a Cambridge friend is a community organizer for the Democratic Party and he’s about to go down to Texas on assignment to community organize. Apparently, there’s grist for the Dems’ mill down close to the border where … Continue reading

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Airtight houses can make you sick

I wrote recently about the Stretch Energy Codes that implement stricter standards for energy efficiency in new construction and renovations. I objected to the excessive degree of government regulation over small details in the lives of private citizens. In general, … Continue reading

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The $760,000 traffic reduction fund

A recent letter from the city announces that our resident parking fees are going from $8 to $20 to “free up resources that can be dedicated to programs and projects in support of the City’s commitment to becoming a sustainable … Continue reading

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