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Archives for May 31, 2012
Cherokee Gadfly to Protest Democratic State Convention
"If ancestor stealing was a crime, you would be #1 on the Genealogical Bureau of Investigation's Most Wanted List! --Twila Barnes For confusion’s sake, Eric Fehrnstrom and the Boston Herald chose well. When it comes to Cherokees, heritage … [Read more...]
Romney aides disrupt Axelrod’s Boston press conference
Typical Republican thuggery at an Obama campaign press conference in Boston today - it's being covered at DailyKos: Here's a vivid illustration of just how badly Mitt Romney wants to avoid any discussion of his record as governor of … [Read more...]
Federal appeals court in Boston declares DOMA unconstitutional
Big, big news. The 1st U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals in Boston said the Defense of Marriage Act, which defines marriage as a union between a man and a woman, discriminates against gay couples.... The appeals court agreed with a lower court … [Read more...]
Warren acknowledges to Globe that she told Harvard, UPenn about her heritage – after she was hired [updated with Warren’s statement]
The Globe has today's big story on the apparently never-ending saga of Elizabeth Warren's heritage. Democratic Senate candidate Elizabeth Warren acknowledged for the first time late Wednesday night that she told Harvard University and … [Read more...]
Apparently, the Globe has pulled its big series on Romney from boston.com … to sell books
So, this is disappointing. In the course of doing some research for this post about Mitt Romney's views on the Vietnam war, I unsurprisingly happened upon several links to the Globe's multi-part, in-depth series on Mitt Romney's life, … [Read more...]