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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Scot Lehigh
Raise the high school drop out age
By Scot Lehigh, Globe Columnist
Raising the age at which a high school student can stop going to school from 16 to 18 won't solve the problem of dropouts, but it could yield beneficial results.
SCOT LEHIGH
Money, machine, but no message
By Scot Lehigh, Globe Columnist
After a week in which Rick Santorum scored a Colorado-Minnesota-Missouri hat trick, beating Mitt Romney in two states he had carried in 2008, it’s time to put Mitt under the microscope.
Scot Lehigh
DeLeo’s success with health reform
By Scot Lehigh, Globe Columnist
House Speaker Robert A. DeLeo set the tone in enacting reforms that have saved cities and towns in the state hundreds of millions in health plan costs.
SCOT LEHIGH
The germy airplane solution
By Scot Lehigh, Globe Columnist
Suppose donning a mask was something people routinely did when they flew. It could be, if the airlines made masks an accepted part of the flying routine.