Columnist
A columnist for the Editorial/Op-Ed section, Lehigh provides commentary on a number of issues. Since joining the staff in 1989, he has held several editorial positions and has been a consistent member of the paper’s political reporting staff.
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Oct. 15, 2010
Cahill’s losing lottery ticket
By Scot Lehigh ,
The e-mail trail that was front-page news sure makes it seem like Tim Cahill’s campaign was coordinating with lottery officials to use that agency’s advertising dollars to boost his gubernatorial hopes.
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Health care will test Gov. Patrick’s skills
By Scot Lehigh , Globe columnist
Health care cost containment, an issue that involves a sector vital to the state’s economy, figures to be a ticklish policy problem for Deval Patrick in the weeks ahead.
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The fallout of US extremism
By Scot Lehigh , Globe Columnist
A new book concludes that the Republican Party bears most of the responsibility for today’s political dysfunction.
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Brown needs to tackle the big issues
By Scot Lehigh , Globe Columnist
Is it possible for a senator to succeed as an above-the-fray, independent-minded, consensus-seeking centrist in these politically polarized times? And has Senator Scott Brown lived up to the ideal he enunciated?