Oh, great:The House’s top budget writer is warning that the state could be forced to make significant cuts in key services next year to offset a budget deficit that appears to be growing worse every day.“I’m hoping the … [Read more...]
Archives for December 3, 2007
JFK, Mitt Romney and “The Speech”
Throughout the campaign, pundits have wondered whether he would give a speech analogous to the one given by then-Senator John F. Kennedy in 1960 before the Houston Ministerial Association, to address concerns about his Catholicism and … [Read more...]
Why the Iowa caucuses suck.
Why do we have this whole song and dance and pretend that the Iowa caucus represents something other than a bucket of warm spit? Walter Shapiro:The Iowa caucuses have to be a management consultant's nightmare. Just think of the wanton … [Read more...]
Lou Dobbs Race Baiter
Dobbs's popularity results from filling the vacuum spineless establishment Democrats are leaving in their wake. In the absence of strong progressive leadership, Lou Dobbs has been able to twist populist rhetoric into anti-migrant hate … [Read more...]
Have You Read the Headlines?
Have you seen the headlines? The squabble to be first in deciding the nation's fate is intensifying. Early states are cleverly inching their primaries in a race to secure voting influence for their citizens. By the end of February, we'll … [Read more...]
Reich defends Obama on Social Security
Just got the press release: Robert Reich defends Obama on the sacred cow of Social Security: I’m becoming increasingly concerned about the stridency and inaccuracy of charges in Iowa -- especially coming from my old friend. … [Read more...]
An Open Seat and a Perfect Candidate
As it happens, one of BlogLeft Massachusetts's very own, Lori Ehrlich, has jumped in the race - and I've jumped to support her, taking the unenviable position of Field Director. She's earned her progressive bonafides by being a community … [Read more...]
Expanding Tropics
There is a circulation pattern in the tropics called the Hadley cell, and it is this circulation that this study is referring to specifically. The Hadley cell refers to the tendency of air to rise at the equator (the warmest part of the … [Read more...]
Disentangling the mandate discussion
One of the main problems with our health care is that very freedom of opting out -- or of insurers to boot you out. If you're free to opt in or out, you buy insurance if you're a bad risk and you stay free and easy if you're … [Read more...]
32nd Middlesex: 24 Days
24 days from now is the big day. Not Christmas, that's 23 days away. No, I'm talking about the first big date for our campaign. On December 26th at 5:00 pm, all of the signature forms must be turned in to the elections offices in Melrose … [Read more...]