As you probably have heard, after acquitting ex-Treasurer Tim Cahill's co-defendant Scott Campbell (Cahill's former campaign manager), the Cahill jury today declared itself hopelessly deadlocked on Cahill himself, leading the judge in the … [Read more...]
Archives for December 12, 2012
Changes to Deval’s Cabinet
Changes are coming to Deval Patrick's cabinet. It looks like there are some pretty major changes coming. Jay Gonzalez of A&F is very highly thought of by people who know him and have worked for him. Glen Shor is the … [Read more...]
Nice Work If You Can Get It: Educational Entrepreneurs Serving the .1%
“Our major universities are now stuck with an army of pedestrian, toadying careerists, Fifties types who wave around Sixties banners to conceal their record of ruthless, beaver-like tunneling to the top.” --Camille Paglia There's serious … [Read more...]
Warren’s first (?) official-ish act
From the Daily Caller: Eighteen Democratic U.S. Senators and senators-elect sent a letter to Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid last week calling for a “delay in the implementation” of the medical device tax in Obamacare, the Wall Street … [Read more...]
Warren also named to the Health, Education, Labor and Pensions committee.
Nice move Harry, putting her on HELP. Approved assignments here. … [Read more...]
Amazon: a good start on sales tax – but only a start
So Amazon, after lengthy negotiations, has finally agreed that it will collect and remit sales tax on items shipped to Massachusetts customers beginning late next year. It has long been established that if a retailer maintains a "physical … [Read more...]
Repeal the “fiscal cliff”
We hear a lot about Congress and Obama working to find some elusive deal that could stave off the "fiscal cliff", and occasionally we also hear about why we should to avoid it: According to the Congressional Budget Office, allowing the … [Read more...]