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Tom Mashberg

Tom Mashberg, a veteran investigative editor and reporter for the Boston Herald and Boston Globe, can be reached at mashberg@rcn.com.

The Costa Concordia aground off the west coast of Italy. (Reuters)

The captain who wouldn’t go down with the ship

Tom Mashberg

(Neontommy (Creative Commons))

Beware of Mitt, say Bay State conservatives

Edward Mason, Tom Mashberg

Uh oh. Gov. Mitt Romney was already falling in Dec 2004 (AP/Winslow Townson)

Mitt has always plummeted in the polls

Edward Mason, Tom Mashberg