In a "letter to the community," today, Harvard President Drew Faust confirmed the university's earlier estimate that its endowment will shrink 30%, "before subtracting the additional $1.4 billion that will go toward current operations." … [Read more...]
Archives for February 18, 2009
Abstinence-only birth control “not realistic”
In a recent CNN interview, Bristol Palin spoke out for the first time since giving birth, and admits that for young people, abstinence as a form of birth control "is not realistic at all." Check out the interview … [Read more...]
Republicans in disarray
The Hill reports: Even though their party almost completely opposed the massive economic stimulus package, some Republicans are racing to embrace funding in the measure even as the national party sticks to their strategy of slamming … [Read more...]
Totally Random But: volunteer math tutor needed for young man at Concord MCI
Yeah, so, I realize this is totally random. I'm wired with volunteers in Boston, but my network dies right outside the city limits. Do you know of anyone who'd like a twice/week volunteer gig with an 18-year-old serving a … [Read more...]
Looks and sounds like Charlie Baker is in.
Baker, the former A&F chief for Weld and Cellucci, now CEO of Harvard Pilgrim Health Care, seems to want to run against Gov. Patrick. Fasten your seatbelts: This is plainly the matchup that everyone's been spoiling for. Firstly, … [Read more...]
Hit The Sun for Deval!
Today's online poll at the Lowell Sun, to be published in tomorrow's paper: If the election for governor were held today, who would you vote for? Total Votes = 437 Deval Patrick 53 Votes, or 12.12 % Kerry Healey 109 Votes, or 24.94 … [Read more...]
Want to get out of a subpoena in Arkansas?
Easy... just declare yourself an athiest. You see, Article 19 Section 1 of the Arkansas Constitution says: No person who denies the being of a God shall hold any office in the civil departments of this State, nor be competent to testify as … [Read more...]
What is an “Adoption Party”?
Thanks to the Boston Globe, there is a link where you can view a slice of one and hear participants talk about it: http://www.boston.com/news/loc... Maybe one of the tech types could embed it for me? (Sure! -David) A bunch of would be … [Read more...]
requirements for staying in homeless shelters
I saw a news story last night on a Springfield station (sorry, I was at someone else's house, so I don't know which station) that cited new Patrick administration requirements for staying in homeless shelters that included working 30 hours … [Read more...]
Advice for local pols, orgs
GLAAD's Justin Cole has some good advice for how local politicians and organizations should interact with state blogs. I'm embedding Part 2, because it's more relevant, but click the link to watch the whole thing. The gist of it? Don't … [Read more...]