A Globe article today on meeting the area's power needs presents us with a stark choice:Facing a worsening crunch in the supply of electricity, soaring prices, and rolling blackouts, top New England utility officials are thinking about some … [Read more...]
Archives for March 23, 2006
Iraq: We need a flip-flopper
President Bush is doing the hard, hard work of trying to convince the American people that Iraq is doing pretty well; that even though there are hardships, we must prevail; that the <a … [Read more...]
Tough times at the Globe; newspapers still figuring out the internets
The Herald has a couple of stories today on the financial problems the Globe is suffering, and the possibility of further staff cuts at Morrissey Boulevard.One of the articles, which I can't find on the Herald's website (but is on p. 2 of … [Read more...]
The Attorney General’s thankless task
The Boston Globe had an editorial this morning on Tom Reilly's efforts to recover damages from the Big Dig. Christy Mihos contested the amount of the $108 million claim. Even Deval Patrick , who obviously knows nothing about the background … [Read more...]
My Free Lunch
Call 'em user fees, call 'em assessments, call 'em anything but a spade. They're still taxes.And what's revolutionary about taxes going to a republican (small r) government is that they're actually used to pay for services for the people. … [Read more...]
Help Sioux Challenge SD’s Abortion Ban
Tim Giago, the president of the Native American Journalists Foundation, was also the founder and publisher of the Lakota Times and Indian Country Today newspapers. In 2004 he briefly made national headlines by announcing he would run … [Read more...]
Andrea Silbert Campaign Trail Update
Start practicing your John Hancock, pull out that Cross pen you got for high school graduation, grab your kidâs favorite magic marker, whatever you have to doâbut get ready for our big signature drive! Led by âMollie the … [Read more...]
How to Format Posts & Comments
Make posts and comments easy on yourself: Links: Open square-bracket [ followed by the text to be linked, followed by the URL, followed by close square bracket ]. Thus, [ Blue Mass Group http:// www.bluemassgroup.com ] comes out as Blue … [Read more...]
BREAKING: Galluccio may be charged with drunk driving
Sources are telling Blue Mass. Group that the Boston Police have concluded they have enough evidence to charge Cambridge City Councillor and state Senate candidate Anthony Galluccio with drunk driving on the morning of December 18, … [Read more...]
The AG steps into the vacuum he created
Today's Glob carries an article about Mihos attacking Reilly (surprise) over the Big Dig. In his defense, the AG retorts, "It is important to note that we have had this for only a year, and that we stepped in because for 10 years people … [Read more...]