Why is Scott Brown doing this? I remembered being bothered by Brown's position not just because my representative in Washington was taking a position so egregiously contrary to my own because somebody this moronic was representing … [Read more...]
Archives for February 2012
Why Republicans do what they do
Jon Chait explains it all: Why 2012 Is the Republicans Last Chance -- New York Magazine. “America is approaching a ‘tipping point’ beyond which the Nation will be unable to change course,” announces the dark, old-timey preamble to Paul … [Read more...]
My ballot: read it and weep.
I did it. One of the pleasures of being an un-enrolled voter in Massachusetts. … [Read more...]
Barefoot and Pregnant: Why Birth Control Matters to Women
All right, so I'm not a woman. But I do have a wife and three daughters. That's three daughters, not eight. In an earlier time, I'd have more kids than I want. My wife would have had little control over her body. (Boys will be boys). It … [Read more...]
You know who was right about contraceptive coverage? Scott Brown – in 2002
Team Desperation - the moniker by which it now seems appropriate to refer to Scott Brown's campaign and its allies - has been working overtime to try to justify Scott Brown's invoking Ted Kennedy's name in the Crazy Blunt Amendment … [Read more...]
Memo to Scott Brown: Keep church out of government
WSJ: "GOP Backs ‘Moral Conviction’ Waiver for All Insurance Coverage." NECN 24 February: "Senator Brown continues to defend co-sponsorship of 'Blunt' amendment." The personal religious positions of employers should not allow them to … [Read more...]
Dying, intellectually disabled man sent home twice from hospital
(Cross-posted from the COFAR Blog) The disabled are often treated as second-class citizens, even in hospitals, says Dorothy O'Rourke. O'Rourke is concerned that may have been the case with a resident of a state-operated group home in … [Read more...]
Scott Brown and the “Kennedy Seat”
Read Adrian Walker's outstanding column today, in which Walker convincingly thrashes Brown for disrespecting the legacy of the guy whose Senate seat Brown is now warming. The fact is, falsely invoking a deceased political icon is sleazy. … [Read more...]
Santorum: The Pro-Ignorance candidate
Santorum On Obama 'What A Snob' - YouTube Not content to say that college isn't for everybody (certainly a defensible position), Santorum goes further to suggest that college education is actively harmful, "liberal indoctrination" and a … [Read more...]
End of the Caucus Window
The caucus window has come to an end! This the third caucus post. Check out the other two posts here and here. I'd love to hear people's stories and more importantly your thoughts. Westborough held our caucus on Sunday at 6:00 PM. It … [Read more...]
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