Well I'm not generally a big fan of Fox News, but I just saw that Tim Murray rescued some children form a burning van. Saw it on Channel 4 as well. Here's a link. I have know Tim Murray for many years and he is one of the … [Read more...]
Archives for January 4, 2011
Scott Brown: Does pride cometh before the fall?
Governor Patrick's political Gandalf Doug Rubin explained in the Herald today how the most popular man in Massachusetts' 372 year history, the amalgam of JFK, Ted Williams, Bill Russell and both John and Abigail Adams we know as "Bostonian … [Read more...]
Know any unhappy Brown voters?
(full disclosure: I'm the Senior Online Campaigns Director for the Progressive Change Campaign Committee) When Sen. Brown ran for election he promised he would be independent and vote in the best interest of Massachusetts. He has failed. We … [Read more...]
Let’s cut the corporate tax rate
Many participants here on BMG look to times in the past when tax rates were very high, but which had relative prosperity to the present era. They are making the mistake of viewing our economy as a closed system. In fact, we are in a world … [Read more...]
BMG interviews Governor Patrick
Bob was next, with a question about the role of corporations in society (and a tricky bit about Ben Franklin and Adam Smith at the end). I then turned to questions from BMGers, and started with KBusch's excellent question … [Read more...]
Betsie Gallardo: We’re Doing Great So Far, But January 5th Is Key
The clouds dispell'd, the sky resum'd her light, And Nature stood recover'd of her fright. But fear, the last of ills, remain'd behind, And horror heavy sat on ev'ry mind. --Taken from "Theodore and Honoria, from Boccace", by John Dryden In … [Read more...]