The idea of the "It Gets Better Project" is to get the message to LGBT youth that "it gets better" - i.e., that things may seem difficult right now, but that help is available, and that things get easier as you get older. The … [Read more...]
Archives for July 27, 2011
Identifying the missing costs
(Cross-posted from the COFAR blog) The Patrick administration claims that the average per-person cost of Department of Developmental Services vendor-run group homes is less than the average per-person cost of state developmental centers … [Read more...]
Caboose of the Senate update: Scott Brown’s heroic leadership continues
From today's Globe story on the ongoing high-stakes debt ceiling negotiations: Senator Scott Brown, the Massachusetts Republican, declined to comment on the plans. “It’s changing by the hour," he said of the discussions. “My … [Read more...]
BMG 3.0 update: “reply” and “there’s more”
We interrupt our regularly-scheduled witty commentary on the impending econopocalypse to bring you an update on the improvements that we are continuing to make to our new platform. You may have noticed these already, but just in … [Read more...]
Repeating the mistake of 1937
The Great Depression began in the fall of 1929. For years, Congress and the Hoover administration tried to keep the Federal budget deficit down, restraining spending increases to well below what was needed and attempting to balance them … [Read more...]
MASSterList: More storms hit W. Mass. – Shock treatment bill heard – Romney talks VPs
STORMS: Yet another storm wrecked parts of Western Mass yesterday. MEMA was all over it (WWLP), while Gov. Patrick praised the recovery of the communities hit hardest by earlier storms (T&G). SHOCK TREATMENT: The debate over skin … [Read more...]