Happy New Year! I hope you are detoxifying nicely. Here's a few things to chew on: How to say nothing at great length: <a … [Read more...]
Archives for January 3, 2006
Anyone else think this was weird?
The lead article in Sunday's Boston Globe Magazine - featured with a big graphic on the cover - asked whether it was time to bring back the death penalty in Massachusetts.Huh?There are a lot of peculiar things about this article. … [Read more...]
GLAD sues to invalidate anti-marriage ballot question
Gay & Lesbian Advocates & Defenders (GLAD) has filed suit to contest Attorney General and Gov candidate Tom Reilly's certification of the proposed ballot question that would overrule the Supreme Judicial Court's legalization of … [Read more...]
Things to look for in the Alito hearings
As we approach the confirmation hearings for Supreme Court nominee Samuel Alito (they begin next Monday), here are a couple of items from his past that you can expect to figure prominently in the questioning. I've added emphasis to … [Read more...]
Ought 6?
The Massachusetts economy, trapped between an absentee Governor and a legislature focused first on obsructing His Excellency and second on adopting effective policies, will continue to languish. Needed investments in education, mass … [Read more...]
Abramoff pleads guilty, will cooperate with investigations
2006 is starting off badly for Members of Congress who took money and favors from disgraced lobbyist Jack Abramoff. Abramoff's attorney today announced that Abramoff has agreed to plead guilty to two criminal charges and also agreed … [Read more...]