Go to http://www.mass.gov/bb/h1/fy11... Line item 0321-1500 is "staff" Line item 0321-1510 is "independent contractors" - private attorneys who accept court appointments in child welfare, mental health, and criminal cases. I … [Read more...]
Archives for January 27, 2010
I’m guessing Justice Alito is going to wish he’d stayed home tonight
As I noted in the SOTU thread, when President Obama criticized the Citizens United Decision, Justice Alito was obviously shaking his head, and appeared to be saying something like "no, that's not right." Very, very bad form. The … [Read more...]
Howard Zinn 1922-2010
I took the first course that Howard Zinn taught at Boston University. It was PO 306 Civil Liberties. Fall, 1964. No text book. Original documents. American Friends Service Committee field reports. Congressional committee reports. Get … [Read more...]
State of the Union OPEN THREAD
Whattya got? Does he come out swinging on health care? Is Sen-elect Brown at an undisclosed location? Does he "make it personal"? etc.9:20pm: LET IT BE NOTED that Obama got a standing ovation from the entire chamber for his "bailout tax" … [Read more...]
RIP Howard Zinn
http://www.boston.com/news/loc... One of my fondest memories of Howard Zinn was when I ran into him and his wife in the lobby of the Washington Square Hotel in NYC in 2004. I made a point of telling him how his book inspired me to study … [Read more...]
Purity and accountability
Here are Bopp's purity points, just for reference: (1) We support smaller government, smaller national debt, lower deficits and lower taxes by opposing bills like Obama's "stimulus" bill; (2) We support market-based health care reform and … [Read more...]
Fernald’s Haitian connection
The community system is vastly underfunded and can barely support the workforce it now employs. Even the Arc of Massachusetts and other facility closure advocates appear to understand that the continuing cuts in funding to the … [Read more...]
Lawrence Lessig calls for constitutional amendment against Citizens United
A follow-up to my post yesterday about the Citizens United decision that allows corporations to spend unlimited amounts of money to support or oppose political candidates. For the moment, this has fundamentally changed our system of … [Read more...]
Hizz 5th term will be the greatest!
City Employees Cash in on Boston's Affordable Housing Program … [Read more...]