The game's not over, but we may be heading into the late innings: Sal DiMasi has deemed "unlikely" the passage of the "barriage" constitutional amendment (i.e. Travaglini-Lees). The anti-marriage groups and Governor … [Read more...]
Archives for August 2005
2nd Middlesex: Candidates on fast-forward
So, Channel 4 gave the four candidates 25 minutes to debate, and they all raced through four or five issues, all speaking very fast, except Jehlen. There were really no surprises. These are my initial and superficial impressions, which you … [Read more...]
Health hazard
Health Care for All points to an important and typically terse article in the New Yorker by Malcolm Gladwell, the author of The Tipping Point and Blink. Gladwell essentially studies how people make decisions, as a group and as … [Read more...]
“I have not urged my own children to enlist”
Thus spake Governor Romney, when asked by a Herald reporter whether, as part of his campaign to encourage Massachusetts residents to sign up for the National Guard, he has brought the campaign to his 24- to 35-year old (i.e., eligible) … [Read more...]
Second Middlesex candidates debate on Channel 4 tomorrow morning
Channel 4 will carry a debate among the four Democratic candidates for the Second Middlesex Senate seat tomorrow (Sunday) morning, bright and early, at 8:35 a.m. This according to today's Globe, which also has a brief rundown of the … [Read more...]
Governor Landslide
Mitt on Hardball last night:Well, I win by a landslide in Massachusetts if I run for reelection. And that's very possibly what I'm going to do.Landslide. Welcome to immortality, Mitt.Also, evidence why the real Chris Matthews is … [Read more...]
The sad tale of a lazy hack
Nancy McGillivray had been US Marshal for the District of Massachusetts in charge of security for the Mass. federal courts since 1994, and had been with the Marshals Service for 24 years. Seems like reappointment would have been in … [Read more...]
Open thread redux
Five days until election day. Time for another open thread on the Second Middlesex Senate race.First, a couple of updates: according to several comments in this thread, the Somerville Journal's print edition today endorsed Joe Mackey, … [Read more...]
Yet another endorsement for Jehlen
Herewith the latest from Cos. Just for the record, Cos doesn't speak for the rest of Blue Mass. Group on this - as you know, we haven't taken a position as between Jehlen and Mackey, and I know less about Jesse Gordon than I do about … [Read more...]
Reality from Iraq
That Islamist guerrillas were active in the area was no secret but only now has the extent of their control been revealed. They are the sole authority, running the town's security, administration and communications.A three-hour drive north … [Read more...]
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