The Lowell Sun is a lively, controversial, and reliably conservative newspaper. Pretty solid part of the Scott Brown base, you say? Not really, at least not today. Check out some of the comments about Scott Brown in today's editorial. … [Read more...]
Archives for April 14, 2011
Bazaar House Republicans, Act II
BMG'ers may recall in March, when the Republicans in the State House of Representatives announced that gambling might be legal after all. This notion was based on their interpretation of a 1969 law allowing charities to conduct bazaars. You … [Read more...]
Fun with Taxes!! (No, really!)
[Crossposted from ONE Mass Weekly Newsletter by Harmony Blakeway - April 14, 2011]We know that looking through local newspapers this time of year - with all of this talk about budget cuts caused by structural deficits - can get a bit … [Read more...]
Massachusetts Conservatives Turn Their Backs On Romney
Here is what the first post says, Welcome to a website from Massachusetts Republicans/conservatives dedicated to saving our party and our nation from the disaster that would be "Republican nominee Mitt Romney." Together we have signed the … [Read more...]
Progressive caucus offers “People’s Budget”
I can't find any mention of the budget offered by Progressive Congressional Caucus, on the NYTimes, Globe, or any other traditional media site. CNN's online Op-Ed service reprinted a press release. Dana Milbank at the WaPo wrote a … [Read more...]
Today’s MASSterList
BUDGET BONANZA: House Ways and Means chairman Brian Dempsey's budget proposal was released yesterday. Here is a rundown of the top budget stories from the local press: DeLeo’s budget would curb labor - The Boston Globe Union … [Read more...]
Matt Taibbi decries socialized capitalism funded by the Federal Reserve
Matt Taibbi lays out a place where progressives and the rank and file of the Tea Party (if not the billionaires driving the movement) meet: anger over crony capitalism. His latest (hat tip, WSJ), "The Real Housewives of Wall Street" in … [Read more...]
Education in MA: front and center since 1642
The Massachusetts Foundation for the Humanities reminds its fans that on this day in 1642: Massachusetts Bay Colony passed the first law in the New World requiring that children be taught to read and write. The English Puritans who founded … [Read more...]
Bloggers and FOIA
Hi, BMG! I haven't been posting much here recently, as my new blogging project has taken up the time I have to devote to the blogosphere. Those of you who have your own blogs might be interested in my recent FOIA experience. I submitted a … [Read more...]
On Open-Source Entertainment, Or, Today, Jon Kyl Meets Twitter
...I decided to celebrate Jon Kyl's ground-breaking excystplanation last night by tweeting round-the-clock nonfacts about him: "For the past ten years Jon Kyl has been two children in a very convincing Jon Kyl suit" and "Jon Kyl calls all … [Read more...]