Map the spill to your area of choice here. You can see a live feed of the oil spill here. Responsibility for this disaster lies in part squarely with the Obama administration, which granted an environmental waiver to B.P. to drill the … [Read more...]
Archives for May 26, 2010
Scott Brown explains his financial reform vote – on RMG
Scott Brown's post It is worth a read. My query is - can Scott Brown resurrect the extinct breed once known as "The New England Moderate Republican"? It would be strange to have two viable parties carrying on an … [Read more...]
Putting the Public Interest Over Corporate Interest
I'm currently working with Common Cause, MassPIRG, MassVOTE, and some of my colleagues in the Legislature to craft a more robust and comprehensive response to the Citizens' United decision, which we intend to file in the coming weeks. But … [Read more...]
House passes CORI reform, 138-17.
"Joy and emotion" -- and relief, no doubt -- among reform supporters out there: Boston – Hundreds of supporters gathered at the State House today to watch as the Massachusetts House of Representatives voted in favor of an historic … [Read more...]
The Worcester (Region) Rules: The State of Metropolitan New England
In Worcester's case, the suburbs in the region accounted for all the growth, while the city itself actually saw a 2% decline. Clearly there is more work to be done to spread prosperity to our older urban communities. But … [Read more...]
On Glodis….are liberals are biting their tongues
As a long time supporter of Joe DeNucci, this liberal often found herself telling her friends and colleagues that this former boxer with the broken nose and syntax was really a deeply caring, highly intelligent man who had transformed the … [Read more...]
The Magic Garden or the Green Pool are not ghettos
Sometimes I prefer to have a special place to go to, and not to have to deal with those who are stronger, faster, and often less than kind. We are not all cogs and widgets that need to roll down the same assembly line. Some of us need more … [Read more...]
Governor Patrick cuts the ribbon for EASTEC
Here is a short video on YouTube, well worth watching, as the Governor talks about manufacturing jobs in the Commonwealth. The Governor was invited to the ribbon-cutting event for this conference/expo in West Springfield, which is the … [Read more...]
Why the early endorsement of Governor Patrick?
Fast forward some years, and I think the evidence bears this out. First he admitted the whole "liberal thing" was a misunderstanding of who he was. Then he dismantled his grassroots apparatus and installed a pretty dismal administration … [Read more...]
On Giving Up
Obama announced that we'd be giving up recently. For any further manned space exploration, we'll be hitching rides on a Soviet-era rocket largely maintained by Russia, launched out of Kazakhstan. The USSR doesn't even exist … [Read more...]