What is the significance of the wife of Rep. Tierney being convicted of tax fraud? I would not expect the spouses of representatives to be helping file tax returns for fugitive brothers-in-law, but then I haven't been following this. Is it … [Read more...]
Archives for January 17, 2011
What is the status of Civil Rights today?
On this day of remembrance of MLK and the Civil Rights Movement with the many self-congratulatory media replays of key moments of the 60's and of how they contributed to a better and more just American society, it is indeed ironic to still … [Read more...]
Winslow Watch: Global Warming Edition
Dan Winslow, former Legal Counsel to Gov. Romney and newly-elected Republican State Representative, was sworn into office earlier this month. He continued demonstrating, this time to his Facebook fans, that he is the smartest … [Read more...]
Yuki Jizo: For Martin Luther King Junior Day
"Jizo is an important bodhisattva, an incarnation of the Buddha that has voluntarily renounced Enlightenment in order to guide lesser beings through the realms of creation. Jizo is thought to take particular pity on the souls of dead … [Read more...]
Rubin to Republicans: You Can Do Better!
Former Patrick chief of staff Doug Rubin called today in the Herald for more Republican state legislators, and said the Party is to blame for its sorry state: The Republican Party has failed the people of Massachusetts. The lack of … [Read more...]
Has the GOP become the party of Cain?
Today's GOP would have us believe that someone somewhere will volunteer to feed the hungry, care for the sick, and ensure jobs for our children and their future. This is magical thinking, and in fact the reason for the decline of … [Read more...]
I Have A Dream
I am happy to join with you today in what will go down in history as the greatest demonstration for freedom in the history of our nation. Five score years ago, a great American, in whose symbolic shadow we stand today, signed the … [Read more...]
Living a conservative’s dream
An article (Budget Worries Push Governors to Same Mind-Set) in this morning's New York Times is the latest news showing that despite two years of Democratic control in Washington, the conservatives are still winning on their one big … [Read more...]