Massachusetts’ sinking reading scores should be a five-alarm fire on Beacon Hill

Some of the strongest pushback against state literacy requirements has come from Massachusetts’ wealthiest communities.

24.07.2025 3

Carine Hajjar

One reason why Newton public schools are losing students

The city’s schools are supposed to be among the state’s best. So why are families leaving?

18.07.2025 20

Carine Hajjar

It’s a bit early to oppose Harvard’s negotiations with Trump

With all the bad things the Trump administration is throwing at Harvard, doesn’t it at least make sense to talk?

11.07.2025 10

Carine Hajjar

Four years ago, Mayor Wu said shoplifters shouldn’t be prosecuted. Now shoplifting is up in Boston. Funny how that works.

Stores have put goods behind lock and key, which is why you have to ask a clerk for face wash.

02.07.2025 9

Carine Hajjar

Bowdoin nepo baby as class warrior: Zohran Mamdani embodies the left’s ‘luxury beliefs’

The New York City mayoral candidate’s platform, if implemented, would yield the type of dysfunction that only an elite could afford to weather —...

25.06.2025 10

Carine Hajjar

Iran could have chosen the road away from nuclear weapons. It declined.

President Trump was clear about his red line against an Iranian nuclear bomb. Tehran kept marching toward that goal anyway.

22.06.2025 7

Carine Hajjar

The guy helping to ‘bring hell’ to Boston? He’s from Boston.

Acting ICE director Todd Lyons, one of the people in charge of bringing "hell" to Boston, is actually from South Boston.

20.06.2025 10

Carine Hajjar

Jack Posobiec or Ilhan Omar: Can you guess who said it in this 5-question quiz about the Iran-Israel conflict?

Take this quiz to see if you can correctly identify who is responsible for isolationist commentary about the Iran-Israel conflict.

18.06.2025 5

Carine Hajjar

Who said it: Tucker Carlson or Rashida Tlaib?

As the Israel-Iran conflict escalates, the far right and far left suddenly sound eerily similar.

14.06.2025 5

Carine Hajjar

This isn’t how to change minds

There are good reasons for Americans to protest ICE’s arrests of noncriminals. But leave the keffiyehs at home.

13.06.2025 8

Carine Hajjar

Mass. lets criminals go, ICE arrests innocent people. They both need to change.

Federal immigration officials should leave noncriminals alone. But when an undocumented immigrant is convicted of a violent crime in Massachusetts,...

06.06.2025 10

Carine Hajjar

Video games and podcasts: Can Democrats win back the bros?

The biggest problem Democrats will have is convincing bros of their authenticity.

04.06.2025 4

Carine Hajjar

For this conservative, the rot at Harvard is so bad that Trump’s drastic attacks are warranted

The president’s attacks on Harvard risk a lot of harm. But to some critics, massive government pressure seems like the only way to bring balance...

29.05.2025 3

Carine Hajjar

The millionaires tax is becoming a slush fund for Democratic leaders

Voters trusted the Legislature to spend the money wisely on transportation and education projects.

23.05.2025 10

Carine Hajjar

Questioned about its enormous administrative bloat, Brown attacks the messenger

A student sent an admittedly crass message to 3,805 staff members asking them to justify their jobs at the $90,000-a-year institution. Then he was...

15.05.2025 3

Carine Hajjar

Is this the last waltz for GOP foreign policy hawks?

The departure of National Security Adviser Mike Waltz spotlights foreign policy tensions inside the Trump administration.

02.05.2025 3

Carine Hajjar

Conservatives, be careful what you wish for at Harvard

Harvard has been slowly reforming itself under pressure. But now that the government is punishing the university anyway, its leaders may paradoxically...

18.04.2025 10

Carine Hajjar

‘Beacon Hill has fallen short’: Mike Kennealy’s pitch to Massachusetts voters

The first declared GOP candidate for governor in 2026 is focused on sound management and transparency.

10.04.2025 2

Carine Hajjar

Americans want schools like Harvard to change. But Trump’s efforts could backfire.

There’s a growing view that American universities need a vibe shift. But the president risks squandering this moment by picking on sympathetic...

03.04.2025 3

Carine Hajjar

On Gavin Newsom and the debate over transgender athletes

California Governor Gavin Newsom surprised many and outraged some of his most liberal supporters by saying recently that it was “deeply unfair” to...

02.04.2025 6

Carine Hajjar

Yes, colleges are hotbeds of anti-American ideologues. But don’t just blame foreign students for that.

Immigrants should arrive with a deference for this country’s values. But it’s also incumbent on the American institutions that receive them to...

30.03.2025 8

Carine Hajjar

Iran is weak and wounded. Now’s the time to ratchet up pressure.

Trump, a dealmaker and opportunist more than a statesman, might shrug off his more hawkish Middle East advisers and just pursue a deal that would...

13.03.2025 9

Carine Hajjar

‘False and a sham’: Lawsuit targets Maine Democrats for silencing a dissenter

In an extraordinary move, the Maine Legislature prevented Republican Representative Laurel Libby from voting after her social media post about...

11.03.2025 6

Carine Hajjar

GOP had wrong politician at immigration hearing — it should have been Healey, not Wu

Hearing should have been a slam dunk for Republicans. Here’s why it wasn’t.

06.03.2025 30

Carine Hajjar

A GOP politician criticized trans participation in girls’ sports. Then Maine Democrats stripped her of her voting rights.

Democrats can’t win the argument and know they’re out of step with public opinion. So they seem intent on silencing their opponents instead.

28.02.2025 3

Carine Hajjar

Homan should be bringing ‘hell’ to Beacon Hill, not attacking Michael Cox

The Legislature has failed to provide authority to local police to help federal immigration officials detain dangerous criminals.

28.02.2025 5

Carine Hajjar

Boys have been allowed to play on girls' teams at Mass. high schools since the 1970s. That’s not fair.

When there is no equivalent boys' team, girls' athletic teams in Massachusetts are required to let boys play, too — even if that makes...

19.02.2025 10

Carine Hajjar

Why did Healey administration hide details of ‘serious incident’ in shelter?

The way the Healey administration handled a report of domestic violence in a shelter suggests redactions were used to downplay violence and obscure...

08.02.2025 10

Carine Hajjar

The pragmatic case for birthright citizenship

President Trump risks overplaying his hand by seeking to end the longstanding principle that children born in the United States are citizens.

01.02.2025 10

Carine Hajjar

What backlash? Moulton reports huge fund-raising haul after trans comments.

“Most Democrats want to put this issue to bed, so that we don’t keep losing on it,” the North Shore congressman, who was targeted by progressive...

22.01.2025 3

Carine Hajjar

Healey’s shelter coverup unravels

Withholding documents about incidents in emergency shelters for so long allowed the state to hide the worst of its mismanagement and excessive...

15.01.2025 10

Carine Hajjar

A migrant girl was allegedly raped. Why wasn’t an arrest made?

A teen living in a state shelter in Marlborough reported that her father repeatedly had sex with her. Instead of being charged, he was sent to a...

13.12.2024 7

Carine Hajjar

Does Jake Auchincloss have Seth Moulton’s back? Yes, but...

The two young Democratic Massachusetts politicians have often worked together. But after Moulton’s comments on transgender athletes sparked a...

16.11.2024 7

Carine Hajjar

An attempt to cancel Seth Moulton boomerangs on Tufts

The chair of the university’s political science department said Tufts would stop facilitating internships with the Salem congressman after his...

14.11.2024 7

Carine Hajjar

Seth Moulton does Democrats a favor. Too bad so many can’t see that.

Other Democrats lambasted him. The Tufts political science department spurned him. But Moulton is raising concerns the left needs to take seriously.

12.11.2024 20

Carine Hajjar

The endorsements that make you go, hmm

Both Kamala Harris and Donald Trump have accumulated their shares of unusual endorsements.

06.11.2024 2

Carine Hajjar

Are Sununu’s coattails long enough to pull Ayotte to victory for N.H. governor?

The N.H. governor's race is one of the closest in the country. Can Governor Chris Sununu make the difference?

04.11.2024 5

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Inside Trump’s Madison Square Garden rally

It was transgressive, controversial, and often offensive. And that was probably the point: To give a middle finger to the liberal city that had...

29.10.2024 4

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State GOP candidates who have a shot at winning

Under new leadership, Republicans have made a determined effort to champion more mainstream issues with a slate of moderate candidates.

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Carine Hajjar

Why is Kari Lake doing badly in a state that Donald Trump will probably win?

Arizona is trending to Trump. Yet Lake is trailing her Democratic opponent, Ruben Gallego, by a substantial amount.

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Carine Hajjar

Do campus protesters really care about peaceful Lebanon?

Lebanon is a land of deep beauty and deep tragedy. That is my Lebanon. But a different Lebanon is being evoked in the protests cropping up across...

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Carine Hajjar

The struggle of the Massachusetts Republican

Does John Deaton's candidacy represent a promising shift for a MassGOP that is tired of losing?

25.09.2024 2

Carine Hajjar

Admit it, Democrats — Greg Abbott was right about the border

The Texas governor warned that President Biden’s lax border policies were unsustainable. Now, as Massachusetts and other blue states buckle under...

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This frat party was more about patriotism than politics

Flagstock had the makings of a MAGA festival, but many of the young men who attended said they mainly just wanted to celebrate the flag (and drink...

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For Kamala Harris, dodging the details might be a winning strategy

With just 10 weeks to Election Day, why give Donald Trump more ammunition?

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‘Czar’ or not, Kamala Harris bungled immigration

Democrats are downplaying her border responsibilities. But even if you accept that she had a limited role, she still failed at it.

30.07.2024 2

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Who are the women voting for Trump?

From the floor of the Republican National Convention, Globe Opinion writer Carine Hajjar interviewed multiple women who support Donald Trump....

19.07.2024 8

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Universities need to leave DEI behind

The universities in question are dominated by a progressivism that pervades DEI departments, where the world is divided between the oppressed and...

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