Alex Selvig, progressive Democratic candidate for the Boston City Council in District 9 (Allston-Brighton), will be celebrating the launch of his campaign with friends, supporters and neighbors this Tuesday at The Kells bar in Allston … [Read more...]
Archives for June 26, 2009
Monday’s Casino Hearing — and Clyde Barrow’s “Pseudo Facts”
Emphasis mine (with the exception of the italicized "one" - that's his). It is widely recognized in the policy process literature that academic policy research is only one input into the policymaking process and, therefore, it is only one … [Read more...]
A Bunch of Stuff – WITH POLL
Al sez: Pass Waxman-Markey
UPDATE: Passed -- 219-212. They'll have to do better than that in the Senate. Now ... will a better, cleaner, more progressive and more serious bill get more, or fewer votes? ----Vote is today? Senate may be an even bigger problem; … [Read more...]
Brockton Enterprise: Dog Racers Using “Desperate Measures to Overturn the Will of the Voters”
During our decade-long battle to end the cruelty of dog racing, no newspaper has opposed our efforts more vehemently than the Brockton Enterprise. So it is with great pride that we now count on their support in protecting the will of … [Read more...]
The elephants in the house (no, not the GOP)
NPR has a truly magnificent bit of reporting here -- one that deserves a big fat following of me-too following from every media outlet: A panoramic shot of the lobbyists and other special-interest-shuckers in the health care hearing room -- … [Read more...]
Rumors of MA health care’s demise, etc.
I'm hearing a fair amount of grumbling that recent cuts in the state's health care coverage point to the law's "failure". I've even promoted some of it, since it's valuable to honestly discuss its shortcomings. But … [Read more...]
Justice Thomas in dissent
"Because the school officials searched in a location where the pills could have been hidden, the search was reasonable in scope under T.L. O." Yikes!! Hello all you civil liberties fans. The above-referenced quotation comes from … [Read more...]