The first warning is for all the politicians who think this is so wonderful. The issue was one reason why Joseph A. Montalbano, the Democratic president of the State Senate who represented Lincoln but advocated strongly for Twin … [Read more...]
Archives for June 27, 2009
The Guv played it well. So what can he do for an encore?
A lot of ink was spilled covering the back-and-forth sniping between the Governor and legislators over the past few months. In the end, despite the heated rhetoric, the Governor's gambit in playing off the sales tax against the … [Read more...]
Death of a newspaper
A link to the mlive/AANews website, customized to search on Ann Arbor: http://www.mlive.com/ann-arbor/ I don't think the reporter's speculation about the student paper, the Michigan Daily, undermining the city's paper is on target. … [Read more...]
Comment from Mass Nurses Association
This is Andi Mullin, Legislative Director at the Mass Nurses Association. First, let me express our most heartfelt appreciation to those who reached out to support us over the past few days. Our members are indeed fortunate to have so … [Read more...]
A great primer on swaptions, and other MassPike minutiae
In case you didn't know, Turnpike board member Mary Connaughton writes a blog over at the Herald that is well worth checking in on. One of her latest posts, coming on the heels of the swaptions news of the week, is an excellent primer … [Read more...]
Joe Biden at Fenway Park
Joe Biden worked the crowd and talking all about the first 6 months of running this great country. Mayor Thomas Menino at Fenway park … [Read more...]
What price should workers pay to stop climate change?
And as the article points out Environmentalists have often addressed this challenge by pointing out that a transition to clean energy would create far more jobs than it would eliminate. While that may be true, it entirely misses the … [Read more...]
Stonewall 40th Anniversary
Weekly Joke Revue
Borowitz Report: "U.S. to Respond to North Korea with 'Strongest Possible Adjectives' Obama: We are Prepared to Consult Thesaurus." Via TPM and alert BMGer Petr (thanks, Petr!): From Daniel Kurtzman: "Mahmoud Ahmadinejad is claiming … [Read more...]
American Religious Fanatics Weren’t Always Anti-Science
The Massachusetts Foundation for the Humanities reminds us that on yesterday's date in 1721: Boston doctor Zabdiel Boylston took a gamble with his young son's life and inoculated him against smallpox. Puritan minister Cotton Mather had … [Read more...]