Announcing BMG Analysts: three six-month appointments for talented progressives willing to make a significant time commitment to our favorite Massachusetts political blog. Analysts will focus on an issue of importance to the community, make … [Read more...]
Archives for August 12, 2007
Health care and political reality in Washington, DC
For the record, I am an unpaid volunteer and fundraiser for Jamie Eldridge's campaign. Here's another disturbing health care story:Jennifer Holliday is too wealthy to qualify for indigent medical care in Angelina County, but poor … [Read more...]
Dick Cheney’s Anti-War Stance
It may surprise you, but Dick Cheney was a staunch anti-war in Iraq advocate......or was, in 1994: Via politicstv.com:I think what frustrated me most about the arguments for going into Iraq was that the leaders knew that it'd be a huge … [Read more...]
Sunday reading
A couple of noteworthy items from the Sunday papers.An interesting piece by Marcella Bombardieri on Hillary Clinton's drive to bolster her national security cred. This was no doubt a crucial part of Clinton's strategy from the get-go, … [Read more...]
NAU and my family too
My mother-in-law asked if I had heard about the North American Union. She heard this news on the local Boston talk radio station WRKO.The death of America is bad enough news but I have yet another personal story of the erosion to trust, … [Read more...]