... Well, it's as good a guess as any. I'm just trying to fill a gaping void in our civic conversation:Likely GOP voters were asked how familiar they were the healthcare plans of all their candidates, "even including non-candidate Fred … [Read more...]
Archives for August 24, 2007
Canadian Giuliani Operative Rips MA Health Care Plan
Sally C. Pipes, a Canadian who lives in San Francisco, works for the Giuliani campaign, and is President and CEO of the regressive Pacific Research Institute (PRI) -- funded, no surprise, by Pfizer and the Pharmaceutical Research and … [Read more...]
Early sentence for Vick (from NFL)
Vick has been suspended infefinitely, without pay, by the NFL Commissioner. He had been on sort of a paid excused "don't report to camp" thing to this point.Goddell's letter to Vick notifying him of the suspension is pretty blunt. And I … [Read more...]
The money *is* the story.
Now, I think any sensible reading of any poll or any financial report in the MA-05 race would say that Tsongas will be very tough to beat. That being said, what was up with 'BUR's Fred Thys' report for All Things Considered on the race? It … [Read more...]
Green-Rainbow Party State Convention Saturday – To Feature Presidential Candidates
?During the convention will be hearing from key candidates seeking office this fall and from hopefuls for next year, including a couple of people considering Green presidential bids.?After a welcome and opening remarks beginning at 10am, … [Read more...]
too much on BMG front page (and Open Thread)
I don't want to be a rules nitpicker, but the posts on the front page seem to be getting very long lately before going below the fold.Can people limit what they put above the fold? I hate scrolling past some of those really long ones.Minor … [Read more...]
Free care, or more blood from a turnip
This is an idea only an economist could love ... or Mike Widmer: Start charging people for using free health care rather than signing up for insurance.The rules, which are scheduled to take effect Oct. 1, are part of the state's effort to … [Read more...]
Potential MA-Blogosphere Project: Blogging Contingent at the DNC
Why be a delegate?I know Charley likes bullet points, so maybe that'll score me a recommend or two.Civic Engagement: We at BMG and elsewhere talk about civic engagement a lot. This would take our level of engagement to the next level.Issue … [Read more...]
The truth about Glenn Marshall
What does Marshall have to say about all this? "Repeated attempts to reach Marshall yesterday through a tribe spokesman and on his cell phone were unsuccessful," Brennan writes. "Tribe spokesman Scott Ferson said Marshall would have not … [Read more...]
Wiretaps will keep us safer, but not tighter screening of cargo?
As Charlie Savage reports in today's Globe, the Bush administration plans to allow cargo packed by "approved shippers" to be loaded onto passenger airplanes without further screening -- despite passage of a law last month which requires … [Read more...]