I have to admit that I snorted out loud when Deval's whips started passing out instructions for his speech during the convention. "Stand up when" this and "don't speak" that. No way could a cheap stunt look decent. Too … [Read more...]
Archives for June 8, 2006
Insurgents v. party regulars
Regulars carp that they've never seen the insurgents until they just showed up at a caucus. Insurgents sometimes encourage this by winning once and then never coming back to do the steady work of reform from within.Insurgents often … [Read more...]
Is Phoenix Back Door Censoring?
Why was this story taken off the home page of the Phoenix? This doesn't seem consistent It is not with other issues. I could be wrong⦠. Suddenly a reader has to click to another index and scroll far down to find it. Yet it got good … [Read more...]
Reilly calls for $500mil for UMass (and pays for it how?)
``This is a significant investment to create good-paying jobs in every region of the state, while at the same time elevating research and education at UMass," a Reilly adviser said.With job and population growth stagnant in the past several … [Read more...]
Venochi Sees Cult in Patrick Camp
Joan Venochi today agrees that some people are in a Deval Patrick cult. … [Read more...]
More raillery, please
Scot Lehigh reviews Stephen Miller's* book, "Conversation -- A History of a Declining Art":The enticements of the virtual world and a cornucopia of personal-entertainment diversions have pushed discourse to the side.Aided by the Internet, … [Read more...]
Net neutrality goes to the floor tonight?
Matt's got the story at MyDD:Last night in the Rules Committee, the Markey amendment was put on the floor and the Sensenbrenner-Conyers amendment was not. This was an explicit move by the telecom companies to induce partisanship in … [Read more...]
Commonwealth v. Benjamin LaGuer
Ben said he was innocent from the get go and he has never wavered from that. His case gained some attention in the late 80âs and early 90âs. One juror reported that another juror made racist and prejudicial remarks before and during … [Read more...]
Tom Reilly does press conference at my company
I have little clue what the political content of Reilly's newly announced jobs package was, but it was pretty cool to see all my co-workers on TV. It will be broadcast tonite, not sure where but presumably on the local news.(I was not in … [Read more...]
Gabrielli’s Deal? What a Joke!
I just read his deal with the voter. (When I take the time and learn how to link I will. Crash course anyone?) Sorry, this guy just doesn't cut it with me. He is going to do the following? 1. Conduct a top to bottom performance … [Read more...]