August 16, 2007Ms. xxxDear Ms. xxx: Your comments regarding the so-called Protect America Act of 2007, which expands the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act (FISA), has been brought to my attention. I appreciate the opportunity to … [Read more...]
Archives for August 16, 2007
Poll- Gore Winning in Michigan
A Detroit News/WXYZ-TV Poll shows that Michigan voters favor Al Gore (36%) over Hillary Clinton (32%). Gore's apparent level of support is extremely interesting when considering that this state is home to the Big 3 American auto makers, a … [Read more...]
The Cradle of Digital Liberty
The cycling heart of the Democratic Party's digital future is right here in Massachusetts. As part of BMG's continuing effort to profile local heroes, behold the Voter Activation Network (VAN), of Cambridge.The voter file, a computerized … [Read more...]
Why Obama Is Smart To Identify As a Christian
Obama is running Spanish commercials in Nevada which identify him as a Christian. It's smart politics, very smart. And it's the only thing he can do if he wants to win.He's already been attacked by the Republican Noise Machine … [Read more...]
Republican hopes in 08 fading with Wall Street
The best argument for re-election of a Republican President has been the strength of the economy under W. He may have wasted $450 billion in Iraq and botched the war to boot, shafted the least well off, and placed faith over reason, but he … [Read more...]
Must-Read: Powerful op-ed against gambling
This op-ed on gambling says everything that I could say, and a lot I couldn't. David D'Alessandro's dad was a gambling addict who took loans from, and was terrorized by, loan sharks to feed his addiction.Not every person who uses slot … [Read more...]
Revisiting Anthony Galluccio
Galluccio flew under the radar for a while until his four-car crash on Congress St. in winter of 2005. Driving home one Saturday night at 2am, Galluccio rear-ended another car, causing a domino effect of cars stopped at a traffic … [Read more...]
The ongoing canard about Fernald
In the years I worked for COFAR, I was never able to get the Globe or the media in general to understand that using a per-person cost figure at an institution like Fernald, without making an apples-to-apples comparison with costs elsewhere, … [Read more...]
Watertown: No Place For the ADL?
ADL's national director, Abraham Foxman, only made things worse when he said, in an interview published in the Los Angeles Times: "The Turks and Armenians need to revisit their past. The Jewish community shouldn?t be the arbiter of that … [Read more...]