Well, I missed it until 11:24pm tonight, but a preview of tonight's GBIO action was on the front page of the Globe. It's not a bad article, really, although I wish it had concentrated on the trials that people endure right now, today, all … [Read more...]
Archives for May 2005
What the bloggers are saying about what the Valley Advocate says the bloggers are saying
Nice, another alterna-press mention of the MA blogosphere, this time in the Valley Advocate of Springfield:In the past year, Massachusetts has developed its own mini-blogosphere.It is still rather nascent, but there is a core group of … [Read more...]
You! Out of the risk pool!
The Eisenthal Report has commented on my post on the governor's chief health care advisor suggesting that hospitals be more aggressive in collecting on unpaid bills. I appreciate his input, and there's a very useful discussion in the … [Read more...]
Priscilla Owen confirmed 56-43
The Senate has just confirmed Priscilla Owen to a seat on the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 5th Circuit.The vote was 56-43. If I heard the clerk's roll call correctly, the Democrats voting to confirm were Landrieu (LA) and Byrd … [Read more...]
A good post on Janice Rogers Brown
This post at ACSblog explains that the Supreme Court's recent unanimous opinion in a takings case (Lingle v. Chevron U.S.A.) thoroughly rejects the extremist property rights view espoused by Janice Rogers Brown in a dissenting opinion she … [Read more...]
GBIO takes on Health Care
Thursday night, May 26th at 7pm at Temple Israel of Boston, the Greater Boston Interfaith Organization will hold an action in support of the Health Care Access and Affordability Act, a major piece of legislation that will provide health … [Read more...]
More override news
The Fray reports that the town of Longmeadow has rejected three Proposition 2-1/2 overrides, and Plympton recently rejected one as well. Meanwhile, Cape Cod Works updates the Harwich override story: apparently, there may be a revote … [Read more...]
Looking bad for medical marijuana
SCOTUSblog has this interesting post about the cases that remain to be decided in the current Supreme Court term.Of particular note is that it seems almost certain that Justice Stevens and Justice Souter are writing the majority opinions in … [Read more...]
What’s wrong with the House’s stem cell research bill
The Republican-dominated House of Representatives passed, by a convincing margin (238-194) and over the objections of its leadership, a bill that would partially undo President Bush's restrictive policy on stem cell research. It is … [Read more...]
“Extraordinary circumstances”
As anyone who reads lefty blogs knows by now, there's been a great deal of hand-wringing over whether the Deal that averted the nucular option was a good idea for the Democrats. I want to weigh in on one aspect of this. Some are … [Read more...]
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