Enough about Marty Meehan, immigration, and civility on the Internet. While there may be other times to discuss foolishness, ESPN notes that this is not the night for such minor concerns.For tis the night before March Madness. … [Read more...]
Archives for March 14, 2007
The ship is sinking
Back in the glory days of November 2006, I posted a little muse here[http://www.bluemassg...]that didn't catch a flicker of attention, probably because it was so BORING. I had the luxury back then of thinking about little problems … [Read more...]
Chancellor Meehan and the 5th District
Marty Meehan is a true public servant who has been a hard-charging asset to the 5th District day-after-day for the last two decades as our Congressman and, before that, as a top-flight prosecutor. I've had the great privilege of … [Read more...]
Trying to make sense of McNamara
I cannot figure out why Eileen McNamara puts the blame for the New Bedford crisis more on DSS and the Patrick administration than ICE, especially in light of this:BOSTON (AP) - Federal immigration agents notified state officials months in … [Read more...]
Interview With Jim O’Day – Candidate For State Rep
Q: Why don't you tell me a little bit about yourself and your campaign just to give people who might not be familiar with the special election an idea of what you're about?I've been active with a number of different campaigns, Deval Patrick … [Read more...]
MIRA Coalition helping New Bedford kiddos
With the caveat that I don't know this group very well, the Massachusetts Immigrant and Refugee Advocacy Coalition is taking donations for families affected by the raid in New Bedford. Obviously, they look at their immediate efforts as part … [Read more...]
McNamara: Raid was planned with DSS, state
Eileen McNamara tears apart DSS head Harry Spence -- and the Patrick administration:Federal immigration agents first briefed senior members of the incoming Patrick administration about plans to raid a Massachusetts sweatshop that employed … [Read more...]
Thank you, Bill
Acknowledging that a legislative compromise is less than perfect need not derail what has been an essential step toward expanding access to all residents. But pretending it is more than it can be is a disservice.There is much work to … [Read more...]
Marty Meehan, We Hardly Knew Ye
Marty's second legislative passion involves taking periodic Congressional junkets to international hotspots like Iraq and Afghanistan to report to Bay State residents what we already know by reading the newsapaper, watching the tv news, or … [Read more...]
The Subprime Mortgage Bubble: Echos of Dot-Coms Past?
I'm getting the creepy feeling of major financial scandal brewing. The familiar pieces of the story are: (1) lenders who abandoned generally accepted lending standards to write loans they probably shouldn't have written; (2) … [Read more...]