This from the MetroWest Daily News.The more we learn the more rotton Healey's attacks seem. Seems like she thought she could get away with a driveby, but the good guys are closing in.Holmes: Crime, Political stances and second chancesBy … [Read more...]
Archives for October 16, 2006
Clinton comes to town
Unlike Dick Cheney's event last month, Bill Clinton's visit to Boston was open to the press, and lots of them were there (including our pals Kim Atkins, Jon Keller, Adam Reilly, and Lisa Wangsness, along with a bunch of other folks I should … [Read more...]
No News is Bad News and the First Amendment
In the presentation, I try to call the students' attention to the traditional role of the press as "Fourth Estate" some disturbing trends on newspapers and publishers and the potential role of blogs And I suggest, indirectly, that Blogs may … [Read more...]
Where’s Reilly?
Just caught Martha Coakley's ad for Deval. It was pitch perfect. Next up was the Emily Rooney show offering an entertaining segment on Deval's unprecedented endorsement from Lawyer's Weekly. Both arose in response to … [Read more...]
Hey, let’s focus on the family!
We haven't had much to say about this, since in the context of our local reality it seems like it's from Mars: Mitt Romney tried to shore up his hard-right bona fides yesterday with an anti-same sex marriage rally at the Tremont Temple in … [Read more...]
Response to Globe Letter to the Editor
In today's Boston Globe there was a response to the Letter to the Editor that I submitted regarding John Adams' defense of the British in the Boston MassacreThe letter writer clearly missed my point and made a few miscalculations. First … [Read more...]
David on Braude
A couple comments:Deval was pretty at ease. Braude was pretty tame with him.Who is Dean Barnett? Is he the best "conservative" blogger Braude could find? I checked out Hugh Hewitt dot com, and he has a majority of the … [Read more...]
Voter Registration Deadline is Wednesday, October 18th
So you know what to do. Offer to take one person you know down to register to vote either Tuesday during the day or Wednesday or Wednesday night.If you have moved since you registered to vote, it is a good idea to go down and let the clerk … [Read more...]
Blessed by Massachusetts
I'm back! Married, deeply thankful for the many blessings that were showered on me over the past two weeks by my family and friends -- not least David, who presided over the nuptials, and Charley, who shepherded this lively band entirely on … [Read more...]
The Globe and “Adams Everlasting”
I think BMG can take some credit for bringing this to the fore.GLOBE EDITORIALAdams everlastingSunday October 15, 2006SOMETIMES, history pierces the mists of time like an arrow.Words spoken by John Adams two centuries ago resonate now with … [Read more...]