Well, this shouldn't come as much of a surprise. If we asked anyone on BMG if Patrick's approval numbers would be up or down from February I would think most people would say down based on the car and drape stories alone. WBZ … [Read more...]
Archives for March 12, 2007
An “Unreasonable” proposal
I have recently seen An Unreasonable Man, the documentary about Ralph Nader. What I came away with was that this is a film about far more than Ralph Nader. The review I read before seeing the film missed the point, saying: … [Read more...]
Is Passion Supposed to Replace Common Sense?
I think Know Thy Neighbor may need to be called into action again. Once again a petition has been circulated and no one had any idea what they were signing. Didn't make them any less eager to sign up though. See for … [Read more...]
Cardinal Sean on Immigration
He goes further to say This event underscores the great need we have for immigration reform in the United States. In many areas of the country, we do not have enough workers to perform certain types of labor. Our economy is dependent upon … [Read more...]
Media Forum in Lowell April 7
There will be a one-day gathering of educators, students, journalists, bloggers and other media junkies at the one-day media conference, The New(s) England Revolution: From Politics to Courtroom to Classroom. Topics range from the place of … [Read more...]
Is More Trouble On The Way?
This was reported today by WBZ:Governor Deval Patrick is facing questions over some contributions he received during his campaign for governor. The donations came from employees of two firms building a new development in Cambridge.It gets … [Read more...]
Reality Check on the Judicial Appointment Process for the Supreme Judicial Court of Massachusetts
For her part, Chief Justice Margaret Marshall, a Weld appointee of a highly liberal bent, possesses a legal education and professional legal experience more suited to an appointee to the Capetown Superior Court in her native South Africa … [Read more...]
Globe: Oh, maybe he’s not so bad.
We're all Globe, all the time, I guess ... First off, Adrian Walker essentially says cut the guy some slack, for cryin' out loud. I especially love this paragraph:But this is also an opportunity for the governor. It is an opportunity … [Read more...]
Globe needs to rethink its policy on anonymous sources
After the NY Times got itself into a pile of trouble for relying on anonymous sources that turned out to be catastrophically unreliable, it revised its guidelines on when it would and would not grant sources anonymity. Whether it has … [Read more...]
MA Republicans for truth, an oxymoron?
Thanks for the tip, Laurel. In Reporters blowing smoke [http://www.bluemassg...]Laurel notes the new website MA Republicans for truth [http://www.massrepub...]MassRepublicansForTruth.com is a federal political action committee … [Read more...]