The big fat above-the-fold story in the Globe today dealt with other states -- and even the US Congress -- looking to the Massachusetts health care law as a potential model for them. You'd think they'd want to see how things shake out … [Read more...]
Archives for December 18, 2006
I’ve done every single one of these. Repeatedly.
Well, all the cool blog kids were saying them... Via UHub, a list of blog clichés to be avoided, yo:Best. [ultimate thing or experience.] Ever/Evar.Likely originating in the reverse ("worst [x] ever"), this cliché still has a deathgrip on … [Read more...]
Does Atrios actually live in Massachusetts?
Wow. Was he here this summer? I like #6 especially.Some Notes on Primary Season1) Your favorite candidate is the only one who can win.2) Your favorite candidate is the only one who will truly get behind a progressive agenda.3) Other … [Read more...]
How Long Is Fifteen Minutes? With Poll
C'mon David, enough … [Read more...]
What, exactly, is the problem?
Glover states his premise clearly in the lead paragraphs, and it is hypocrisy, not ethics. As Glover neatly summarizes: "You might think that with the kind of rhetoric bloggers regularly muster against politicians, they would never work for … [Read more...]
Woman assaulted at VoteOnMarriage rally files criminal charges
Hot off the presses from the KnowThyNeighbor blog, regarding the incident first reported in the Worcester Telegram & Gazette and noted twice on BMG:KnowThyNeighbor has just learned from Sarah Loy herself that she has indeed in fact … [Read more...]
Net Neutrality: it’s back, and better than ever!
With a Democratically-controlled Congress looming, the prospects for codifying net neutrality into law seem better than ever -- which will not stop Comcast, Verizon, et al. from doing their darndest to keep it from happening. The good … [Read more...]
Cape Wind wins a round in the SJC
In a unanimous decision, the Supreme Judicial Court today rejected a challenge by the "Alliance to Protect Nantucket Sound" to the state Energy Facilities Siting Board's decision to conditionally approve the construction of new electricity … [Read more...]
Working Groups & Public Participation: What Now?
So there must be, what, thousands of ideas and bits of testimony to the transition working groups about how to go forward? Tens of thousands? Anyway, many more ideas and viewpoints and claims of facts, not always in agreement, than anyone … [Read more...]
Beat the Press: the final chapter…?
I liked Emily Rooney's brief comment on how the past week had been for her and for GB's staff:We talked a lot about this with our staff this week, and I ended up saying, it's all good, in a way. And I know, I mean, it's embarrassing … [Read more...]