BMG'er, all-around blog guy and author Frederick Clarkson is apparently in the hospital:Frederick Clarkson, who has been writing comments and diaries at Daily Kos for the past five years, is in the Cardiac ICU at Bay State Medical … [Read more...]
Archives for October 27, 2009
5 Years Ago Today – Is TV Killing Baseball?
Does anyone think baseball in November is somehow wrong? Does MLB even know what the weather is like north of Florida or Arizona in November? Baseball in November. … [Read more...]
Councilor Connolly Goes Public on Schools
On the way to becoming a lawyer, he taught in a tough NYC school and then in a Boston charter one. He still believes in charters, not as the salvation but as proving grounds for prototypes to replicate.As well as the details of budgets, … [Read more...]
Scott Brown’s attack on Martha
Scott Brown’s attack on Martha
Patrick leading in Rasmussen Poll
August numbers: Election 2010: Massachusetts Governor Christy Mihos (R) 40% Deval Patrick (D) 35% Some other candidate 11% Not sure 15% Election 2010: Massachusetts Governor Charlie Baker (R) … [Read more...]
14 KIA yesterday—–8 KIA Today
I'm beginning to have flashbacks to Vietnam where all the guys around you start disappearing and you are waiting for the bullet with your name on it. " To whom it may concern" I wonder how many more servicemen will die and be be … [Read more...]
I Take Back What I’ve Said About Pags – WITH POLL
I get it now. By most accounts Pags came off as a likeable guy in last night's debate. Our first real glimpse from another angle of the doughie guy with lots of dough. Soooo. Who cares? He ain't goona win. Now, with my razor like … [Read more...]
Wonk Post: CJR Coverage of MA Health Care Plan
From an email from the Columbia Journalism Review: The interesting and challenging results in Massachusetts are consequences that all Americans will face if the national health reform bill as it stands is signed into law, which is why it is … [Read more...]
Open Media Boston raps free-market care of the mentally retarded
Jason Pramas, the editor and publisher at OMB, goes on to put the entire issue in context: Instead of expanding public services - and increasing the numbers of good unionized public jobs to ease the plight of the Commonwealth's … [Read more...]