New York State Faults Care for the Disabled Nathaniel Brooks for The New York Times Large institutions, like the Sunmount Developmental Center in the Adirondacks, that care for developmentally disabled people have the highest number … [Read more...]
Archives for March 23, 2012
Have Libertarians Forgotten the Republican Primaries?
Back in September of 2010 I detailed in an article "Where Have all the Libertarian’s Gone?" how for all of the attention paid to Libertarian ideas there was little in the way of Libertarian electoral success to show for it. To wit: "In the … [Read more...]
Probation Indictments and Mattapan Massacre Verdicts Connected in Many Ways
Hey, maybe it was just me but I didn't hear about today's probation indictments until late yesterday. Then it was all over the place this morning. And right at 10:30 they came down. Suddenly Dan Conley's incompetent and spineless method … [Read more...]
Probation letdown?
I love a juicy political yarn as much as the next guy, even when it involves members of the party I generally support. So I, along with every other political observer in Massachusetts, was excited for "Probation Day" - the day when the … [Read more...]
Democratic Dispatch
I hope that everyone enjoyed all the St. Patrick’s Day events across the state. Once again we have lots of events coming up. Some folks who read BMG get my weekly newsletter. I thought that I might try posting my introductory remarks and … [Read more...]
The STOCK Act Represents Scott Brown’s Absence of Leadership
[Cross-posted from the ProgressMass blog. Like ProgressMass on Facebook and follow on Twitter.] Our Republican junior Senator, Scott Brown, is very quick to pat himself on the back as the STOCK Act – prohibiting members of Congress and … [Read more...]