Unfortunately, I personally have no way to validate or invalidate the statistics I get from either DAs or The Committee for Public Counsel Services. According to the DAs, there are no funds they receive except staff salaries. … [Read more...]
Archives for February 14, 2011
Is Obama closed-minded?
U.S. historian and civil war expert Eric Foner, author of the recent acclaimed The Fiery Trial: Abraham Lincoln and American Slavery offered this interesting assessment of the president last month in a Guardian piece "Obama stumbles in … [Read more...]
“Give me your tired, your poor, your huddled masses” Massachusetts Lottery-style
While Massachusetts state government already pushes $20 scratch tickets and offers Keno games every four minutes 1500 times a week in almost 8000 locations across the state, new Treasurer Steve Grossman has declared it is not enough. In an … [Read more...]
Musings from a Young Democrat
Big Picture: Congress and what we have to do to take it back It seems as if the honeymoon for the new Republican majority in the House is beginning to end with a return flight to reality coming sooner than most of the new members of … [Read more...]