Link:A better leader would have flownstraight to the disaster zone and announced the immediate mobilizationof every available resource to rescue the stranded, find and bury thedead, and keep the survivors fed, clothed, sheltered and free … [Read more...]
Archives for August 31, 2005
Patrick cuts back
This is a little strange...BOSTON -- Deval Patrick is spending more moneythan he's raising in his campaign for next year's Democraticgubernatorial nomination and has stopped paying or cut the salaries ofsome of his top staffers.Now, Patrick … [Read more...]
It’s time to ACT
I'm just gonna steal this post wholesale from Health Care for All:--- Bookmark this Site: The MassACT Ballot Initiative TheMassachusetts Affordable Care Today campaign to put real health reformon the 2006 state ballot has … [Read more...]
Numbers of uninsured grows in MA
Bad news, and what one would have expected:The federal Census Bureau reported yesterday that the number ofuninsured residents in Massachusetts grew to 748,000 last year, up by66,000 people from 2003. Massachusetts healthcare organizations … [Read more...]
Romney’s religion
There's a long article, well worth reading, in the Globe about the possible impact Mitt Romney's Mormon faith may have on his bid for the presidency. That he seems to be casting his lot with the rightmost wing of his party (which is … [Read more...]
Romney talks up science education – does he mean it?
Romney's speech at Raytheon, which apparently had all the trappings of a presidential campaign event, noted the importance of science education in America if we are to remain competitive.Well, on that, I agree with him. But the devil … [Read more...]
… and Curt Schilling’s (and Trot Nixon’s, and Tim Wakefield’s, and …)
Turns out the Red Sox have the highest concentration of evangelical Christians of any team in the majors. … [Read more...]