Dave Denison

Founding Editor, CommonWealth magazine

Stories by Dave Denison

The anti-tax woman goeth

A legendary voice in Massachusetts political battles is stilled

Reality sets in

Deval Patrick's first year brings some hard lessons

Cost unconscious

Tough medicine

Recipe for success

Tax Talk

It's a simple fact of Bay State politics: Taxes decide gubernatorial elections. Will this year be any different?

Sissela Bok on Violence Entertainment and the Nations Youth

A Visit With David Driscoll

The Last Harrumph

West Springfield and Southampton

Fouling The Waters

An environmentalist in the city

A Visit with Armando Carbonell

Green Developments

Hot Summer Reading

Economist Juliet B Schor on the Maxedout Middle Class

Our Frame Work

Labor Stories

Remembering Wessagussett

The Harshbarger Administration Well Never Know

Will Massachusetts Have Clean Elections

Education, Religion, and Prayer

Reverend Eugene Rivers and writer Wendy Kaminer cross swords over the separation of church and state, the plight of public schools, and the power of prayer

Faith in Politics

What to Do About the Poor

Articles of Faith

With Historian Pauline Maier

Weird Science

Change and Continuity

Building Schools in Hopkinton

A Few Quibbles About Clean Elections