Zipcar is a local business. It is green and fun.Every large employer in Cambridge as well as the State should support it. Company memberships, deals etc Governor Patrick just formed an innovation committee- the first move should be to … [Read more...]
Archives for April 25, 2012
Budget Debate during the Good Old Days……..
It was a lousy process for fans of transparency who long for the time we had 10 full days (and nights) of televised debate one line item at a time. Never mind there were huddles of legislators in the corners of the Chamber or (gasp) behind … [Read more...]
Scott Brown Busy Shaking That Etch-A-Sketch
[Cross-posted from the ProgressMass blog. Like ProgressMass on Facebook and follow on Twitter.] Our Republican junior Senator, Scott Brown, has been awfully busy lately shaking that Etch-A-Sketch, hoping Massachusetts voters won’t … [Read more...]
Mass. GOP invites government intervention over private institution’s compensation practices
Really, you can't make this stuff up. As previously noted, the Mass. GOP is very, very upset about the fact that Harvard offers what is in fact a less generous compensation benefit to its faculty than many other educational institutions. … [Read more...]
Red Sox Finally Show They are Not Racists – Plus Lots of Other Red Sox Stuff
A big and hearty congratulations to John Henry, Tom Werner, and Larry Lucchino for making a very courageous move on the civil rights front. A watershed moment perhaps towards leveling the playing the field for black Americans. Like Globe … [Read more...]
Republicans getting all up in private businesses’ business
You know how Republicans are always all "let the market work," and stuff? How they think government should stop regulating and just let the free market work its magic? Well, it turns out that that rule doesn't apply when a Republican … [Read more...]
One fish, two fish, Brown fish, no fish.
On Monday, Senator Scott Brown confused actual science with children's books. New England has one of the most studied fisheries in the world. For decades we have studied the types and quantity of fish present in our waters, their growth … [Read more...]