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Don’t Count On An Election-Day Tsunami

Jeff Jacoby, Democrat Seth Moulton’s defeat of US Representative John Tierney in the 6th Congressional District primary last week came right on schedule. The political newcomer, an Iraq War veteran with three Harvard degrees, was the first Massachusetts candidate in 22 years to vanquish a sitting congressman from his own party. It last happened in 1992, […] Read More →

How About a Year-Round Tax Holiday?

Jeff Jacoby When it comes to tax relief, I am a committed Friedmanite: I embrace the teaching of the late great Milton Friedman, a Nobel laureate in economics, who often declared that he was “in favor of any tax cut, under any circumstances, in any way, in any form whatsoever.” Friedman’s premise was that the […] Read More →

Justice for Justina: Judge orders Connecticut girl to be returned to family

Justina Pelletier is coming home. A Massachusetts judge ordered the 16-year-old Connecticut girl, who was taken from her family by child welfare advocates more than a year ago, to be returned to her mother and father effective Wednesday. The ruling caps a long-running medical custody dispute that began when two highly-respected Boston hospitals clashed over […] Read More →

Justina Pelletier belongs with her family, Massachusetts DCF says in legal motion

The fate of a 16-year-old Connecticut girl at the center of a major medical custody dispute is in the hands of a Massachusetts judge, now that Bay State children’s advocates have conceded Justina Pelletier should be returned to her family. In a controversial move, Pelletier was placed in the custody of the Massachusetts Department of […] Read More →

Justina Pelletier makes tearful plea to judge, asking to go home

Justina Pelletier, the Connecticut teen taken from her family more than a year ago by Massachusetts officials after her parents took her to a hospital for help, made a tearful plea to the Bay State family court judge who holds her fate in his hands. In the 45-second, videotaped plea, first posted on a Facebook page set […] Read More →

Bay State Gov. Patrick dodges questions, chance to ‘Free Justina’

Raquel Okyay The governor of Massachusetts refuses to address why state agency is holding severely ailing Connecticut teen hostage for 14 months instead of sending her home to be in the care of her family and her doctors. “If Justina Pelletier dies in the state’s care, that’s on the hands of Gov. Deval L. Patrick,” said […] Read More →

More than year later: Bay State agency still holds sick Conn., girl, fights family

Raquel Okyay The founder of the International family rights organization talked to Human Events about his taking on Massachusetts child protection agency and helping the Connecticut family broken apart when the agency nabbed their ailing teenage daughter for 14 months and failing to provide much-needed medical attention. “This case solely revolves around Boston Children’s Hospital disagreeing with Tufts Medical Center by […] Read More →