'ROUNDING THE GLOBE'-10: What does STAND stand for? There are a host of journalistic sins. When it comes to its coverage of education policy, the Boston Globe has committed all of them: selective sourcing in news, exclusion of dissenting … [Read more...]
Archives for March 30, 2010
What Mitt was not
Good grief ... people have some funny ideas about what Massachusetts is like, and who Mitt Romney was, and the story of our health care law. [This is why Romney is] best qualified for the job of health-care czar: He's basically already … [Read more...]
Fernald Families Continue to Miss the Boat and the Bus
Wake Up People! Fernald is closing. Staff are being laid off, consolidations are happening, and buildings are closing. Instead of driving the bus, families are being left at the bus stop. And while we have all empathized with … [Read more...]
How the Health Care Bill Harms our Freedoms
1. taxes, and unequal: So the first and the most despicable impact on our freedom is the selective impact on the freedom of convenient target classes: namely the so-called rich, who will get tagged with a variety of new taxes … [Read more...]
2 Weeks Until the Special Election Primary
The most pressing issue facing our legislature today is putting the people of our Commonwealth back to work. In the past I have been an opponent of casino gambling in MA. Due to the recent downturn in our economy I think we have reached a … [Read more...]
The Hutaree Militia and the Foiled Fantasy of a “Citizen’s Uprising”
Anyone who thinks I am off course on the topic of right-wing extremism should consider the latest incident that was reported on the evening news. Over the weekend the FBI arrested nine members of the Hutaree Militia, located in southern … [Read more...]
Eileen Donoghue picks up endorsements already in race to replace Panagiotakos
(Cross-posted from MassBeacon.com) Former Lowell Mayor and City Councilor Eileen Donoghue snagged three endorsements today from Lowell politicos in her quest to replace State Senator Steve Panagiotakos. Her nascent campaign was endorsed by … [Read more...]
Obama: My Plan Is Like Romneycare
From http://theplumline.whorunsgov.... If you're Mitt Romney, and you're trying to put as much daylight as possible between Obamacare and the universal health plan you signed as Governor of Massachusetts, the last thing you want is for … [Read more...]
A lesson from Tim Cahill on our screwed-up campaign finance laws
Tim Cahill has a knack for keeping himself in the news, though not always in a good way. Today, he offers us a way to reflect on how badly screwed up the priorities of our campaign finance laws are. Consider Treasurer Tim's two … [Read more...]
The Incoherence of the Tea Party Movement
"If you don't trust the mindset or the value system of the people running the system, you can't even look at the facts anymore," Mr. Grimes said. And there you have it: a narrative-based reality unmoored from objective facts. … [Read more...]