Phonebanks Quincy Phonebank http://my.barackobama.com/page/event/detail/phonebank/gpfhkd Host: Megan Guidi Location: Quincy Phone Bank (Quincy, MA) … [Read more...]
Archives for July 22, 2009
Obama: Cambridge police “acted stupidly” in arresting Henry Louis Gates, Jr.
In his just-concluded (mostly) health care press conference (read the live-blog here), President Obama was asked about the arrest of his friend Henry Louis Gates, Jr. on quickly-dropped disorderly conduct charges. Obama's response was … [Read more...]
Obama’s health care presser open thread
What do you think? Real change -- i.e., in my opinion, Medicare for all aka "public option" -- or a Lucy/Charley Brown football moment in which yet another reform effort winds up putting money in the pockets of the insurance industry and … [Read more...]
Brooks: Wrong on Massachusetts, wrong on all kinds of things
David Brooks has cultivated an air of "moderation", so yesterday's downright hysterical column comes as a surprise. Joel has commented on the substance, Dan Kennedy on its intemperate style. I'll just comment on Brooks' … [Read more...]
Shame on Globe and Local Media Critics
I intend in the near future to write a post called Cross Examination 101, using Sgt. Crowley's narrative and showing the absurdity of actions and steps he himself reported he took during the entire process. And it is for another time I … [Read more...]
“Racial Profiling Is Alive And Well”
This incident itself is an opening to the issue of racial profiling. Here are links to information about two other recent, prominent cases: http://www.aclum.org/news/2007... http://www.aclum.org/docket/va... The first involves the … [Read more...]
The obstacles to single-payer health care.
POLITICAL CONTRIBUTIONS Many people reading this are no doubt familiar with the web site fivethirtyeight.com ("538 dot com" -- 538 was the number of electoral … [Read more...]
Tonight: Hang out with State Sen. Sonia Chang-Diaz at Boston Drinking Liberally
Tonight Boston Drinking Liberally will host State Sen. Sonia Chang-Diaz. She represents the South End, Roxbury, Dorchester, and Jamaica Plain, i.e. the Second Suffolk state senate district. Drop by tonight to hang out with one … [Read more...]