Hell yes, I'm going to advocate for an arts stimulus. As Jason Linkins has so wisely stated, "Bartok's String Quartet No. 6 is a shovel-ready project if you are a violinist!" I seriously wonder how and why artists don't view … [Read more...]
Archives for February 5, 2009
Bob, shut up!
*Well ok, Obama has used the "a" word recently. Most notably while recommitting taxpayer money to the slush fund for religious organizations. You know, give them taxpayer dollars so they can reserve their internally-generated … [Read more...]
Air Force One and Cost Effective Government
Tonight, President Obama flew from Andrews Air Force Base to New Port News, Virginia. A grand total of one hundred and six air miles in a Boeing 747. Would anyone care to guess what that cost viz a vis Marine One, the presidential … [Read more...]
Complexion is now a choice
Dr Steinberg has three clinics across the United States and one in Mexico, which now handle about 800 couples a year. He says the majority are driven by concerns related to genetic illness, not gender, and this includes the 50 to 60 … [Read more...]
Let the Games Begin
ABC is reporting that Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg has been hospitalized and has had surgery for early-stage pancreatic cancer. Of course, I wish Justice Ginsburg a speedy recovery. Her illness is just a reminder, though, that sometime … [Read more...]
Rhode Island considering a bailout of its racino
Here's a good reason not to wander down the racino path. But the legions of new gamblers that were supposed to flock to the glitzy slot parlor, rebranded as Twin River and purchased and renovated at a cost of nearly $700 million, never … [Read more...]
Senator Collins seeks to push US into depression?
This from the NYT today really is insane: Anxious over the ballooning size of the proposed economic stimulus package, now at more than $900 billion, lawmakers in both parties are working on a last-minute plan to strip $200 billion from the … [Read more...]
Hey Globe – What Did Martha Coakley Do Wrong? – With Poll
Here's a story about martha legally and ethically testing the waters for a possible senatorial run and the Globe sells it like she had her own Watergate slush fund. Tell the story. It's a good story. But the nefarious bent on it is soo … [Read more...]
Fair use?
An interesting little tiff has erupted over one of the most ubiquitous images of the 2008 campaign. The image on the left was taken by AP photographer Mannie Garcia at the National Press Club in 2006. You no doubt recognize the image … [Read more...]
James Roosevelt For Secretary Of Health And Human Services (HHS)
President Obama should consider James Roosevelt, grandson of President Franklin Delano Roosevelt, to be the next Secretary of HHS. Not only was Jim Roosevelt the past chairman of the Massachusetts Democratic Party but he is the head of … [Read more...]