Now that Ed Markey's name is being splashed around regarding something meaningful (unless knowing you can call him when ESPN2 is broadcasting ESPNU or some other outrage committed by your cable company is meaningful) I started to recall … [Read more...]
Archives for December 18, 2012
Catholic Democrats Calls on Catholic Elected Officials to Refuse Donations from NRA
Catholic Democrats issued a press release earlier today calling on all Catholic elected officials to refuse donations from the NRA. The text of the release is below: Catholic Democrats Grieves with Rest of the Nation Over Tragedy in … [Read more...]
Marty Meehan won’t run for the Senate.
Meehan says he won't run to replace Kerry in Senate He spent 14 years in Congress and still has a $4.6 million campaign war chest, but Martin Meehan said he is not interested in running for U.S. Senate should Sen. John Kerry be appointed … [Read more...]
Newtown, Newton, Anytown
MarketWatch gets its New England towns mixed up: … [Read more...]
Kerry and Warren (and Brown) quiet on assault weapons ban
Let me preface this by stating that until Friday, the libertarian streak in me was against strict gun regulation. On Friday, it has become obvious my thinking was flawed and that the bar we have set is too low. Just like every other … [Read more...]
Obama floating Social Security cuts
After refusing (fortunately) to consider raising the Medicare eligibility age, the news emerging from DC is that President Obama is offering cuts to Social Security in the hopes of reaching a deal with John Boehner before the end of … [Read more...]
Terms of gun debate have changed
Cerebrus capital, which owns the company that enabled the most recent predictably tragic consequence of military-grade weapons sales to the public, will sell Freedom Group. NYT: The private equity firm Cerberus Capital Management said on … [Read more...]
Gloucester charter school surrenders charter
Less than two weeks after Commissioner of Elementary and Secondary Education Mitchell Chester issued a recommendation that their charter be revoked, citing the failure of the school's trustees to effectively manage the school, and repeated … [Read more...]