A fascinating article published Friday in the Toronto Globe and Mail explains how the G-20 came to be: on 27 April 1999 then-Canadian Finance Minister Paul Martin sat in the Washington, D.C. office of then-Treasury Secretary designate Larry … [Read more...]
Archives for June 2010
The Third Depression – result of fear of deficits?
According to Paul Krugman's Op-Ed the world may well be moving into a Third Depression rather than out of the Great Recession. Here in Massachusetts, a prime mover in creating that Third Depression is our own Senator Scott Brown, by … [Read more...]
No manners at BMG?
Bob Nyman, a Hanover state representative died this weekend in an accident at his home. He served in the legislature for over a decade and was universally liked by his colleagues. He leaves a wife and family. There was coverage in all the … [Read more...]
Jill Stein on Keller
Stein was excluded from the Old Boys' Debate, so here she is on the Keller program. http://wbztv.com/video/?id=907... … [Read more...]
Public overwhelmingly supports limiting carbon emissions
Well, so sometimes you hear that people don't really believe in global warming, or that it's not their first priority, or whatever. But what is absolutely plain as day is that they support controlling greenhouse gas emissions. … [Read more...]
Stein campaign is a clarion call for clean elections
Finneran's king-like rule over the Massachusetts Legislature was legendary, setting the stage for years of supplicant legislators fearful that crossing him and subsequent House Speakers might land them punishment in the form of basement … [Read more...]
Futurism
Wyatt Earp signs the Declaration of Independence … [Read more...]
Gloucester Parents Group Sues over Charter
From the Gloucester Daily Times: http://tiny.cc/a0fxh A group of Gloucester public school students' parents today filed a lawsuit aimed at overturning what they allege was an illegal approval of a local charter school that will harm the … [Read more...]
Time to Turn Off The A/C At the White House?
As President Obama prepares for his meeting tomorrow with Senators at the White House to discuss clean energy and climate change legislation, he might want to check with the White House staff on an important matter first. No, not … [Read more...]
Guns Are People, Too
The U.S. Supreme Court, expected to rule narrowly on whether the 2nd Amendment precludes states and municipalities from enacting gun control laws, instead -- by the usual 5-4 majority -- swept away more than a century of precedent and … [Read more...]
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