New In The Phoenix -- Deval's Sweep

Could it be that Deval Patrick's administration has got its sea legs? Consider this: the guy portrayed as just waiting to free all the rapists and cop-killers just made his first nomination to the Parole Board without stirring the slightest hint of controversy.

I look at what last week's appointments say about the state of the Patrick administration, in tomorrow's issue -- online now. Sweeping Up: Deval Patrick's late appointments show a surer hand at the wheel.