The Conference for a Constitutional Convention at Harvard Law School on September 24 and 25 was supposed to be an opportunity for the Left and Right to talk together about the possibility of ending our broken political system through a … [Read more...]
Archives for September 27, 2011
Tuesday, October 4th – Twenty Questions
All of the candidates seem intent on focusing on helping "the middle class" – how do you define "middle class?" In considering candidates for the Supreme Court would you credit the concept of "originalism" – that the Constitution should … [Read more...]
Boston Preliminary – Open Thread
Does anyone have any thoughts or observations? DISTRICT 2 COUNCILLOR Total Number of Precincts 27 Precincts Reporting 27 100.0 % Vote For 1 Total Votes 6662 Number of Uncast … [Read more...]
Court seals AG report on O’Brien allegations
Don't you just love politics? These are the kinds of moves which makes an already leery public even more suspicious of officials. Publish the damn statement like you would on any other case. Story Former probation commissioner John J. … [Read more...]
Huffposts Abromowitz has it right on the MA US Senate race
Abromowitz says it better than I can … [Read more...]
Making mental health centers safe
Boston.com just posted a great op-ed. Worth the read - excerpt below. Click here to read it on Boston.com. By Vic DiGravio and Susan Tousignant Following the death in January of staff worker Stephanie Moulton at a Revere residence for … [Read more...]
NYPD spokesman appears to be full of crap on pepper spray incident
It took a cop pepper-spraying a bunch of peaceful protesters to get the media to show up, but at least the NY Times has finally posted a story about the Wall Street protests. Here, again, is the video of the pepper spraying incident, … [Read more...]
Fox News Turns the Guns on the Far Right
Something happened on the way to the presidential forum in Orlando last week, Roger Ailes the CEO of Fox News decided to change Fox News' ideological course and turn the guns on conservative candidates themselves. Quoting Howard Kurtz, "It … [Read more...]