The OurTenWords website is an effort to define the Democratic Party's message in ten words or less and, just incidentally, to promote Tom Vilsack. On the one hand, this is a clever idea and a well produced website. On the other hand, our … [Read more...]
Archives for January 19, 2006
Capuano’s embarrassment/Raising the stakes
Yeah, when I lived in his district, I voted for Mike Capuano. Yeah, I wrote letters to him. Yeah, I got letters back, and I liked those letters. All in all, I like Mike Capuano. <a … [Read more...]
THEO!
He's back -- in a "full-time baseball operations capacity." I assume that means he won't be pouring beers. I don't know what he'll be doing, but I like having him around. Best sports news this winter. … [Read more...]
David on WBUR – opera edition!
The NPR program "Here and Now," which plays locally on WBUR (90.9 FM) from noon to 1 pm, is scheduled to run a piece on Friday's show about a new opera based on the life of Oscar Wilde. Granite State Opera has organized a workshop … [Read more...]
Common sense on seat belts
No one with any sense disagrees with the proposition that people should wear seat belts when they're driving - the statistics on deaths and severity of injuries are overwhelming.But people can, and do, reasonably disagree on whether the … [Read more...]
Lowell Sun Boosts Patrick
In an editorial titled "Signs of a meltdown" Lowell Sun Editor Jim Campanini reports that a, "Jan. 11 Sun Internet poll attracted a record 1,343 respondents to the question: If the election were held today, who would you vote for: Kerry … [Read more...]
Murray makes it official for Lt. Gov. race
Worcester Mayor Tim Murray has officially announced that he will seek the Democratic nomination for Lieutenant Governor (no surprise there). The Globe article has brief interviews with each of the four declared candidates: Murray; … [Read more...]
Immigrant tuition bill , one more question
I have not read a solid analysis why this bill was tanked by the legislature. It truly went down in flames . I assumed that it would probably be a close call, but it turned out to be a disaster.Has the public really spoken?......or was it … [Read more...]