Today is Equal Pay Day, by Presidential Proclamation: Women -- who make up nearly half of our Nation's workforce -- face a pay gap that means they earn 23 percent less on average than men do. That disparity is even greater for … [Read more...]
Archives for April 9, 2013
Shameless Self Promotion: See me on Huffpostlive tomorrow
See me on Huffpostlive tomorrow to discuss gun control and why I think Reid and Senate Dems are dropping the ball. Listen live at 11am! … [Read more...]
Bad Data Makes Bad Policy
To make good public policy, decision makers need reliable and consistent data. That is why yesterday’s Boston Globe’s story about the unreliable data regarding charter school waiting list numbers is important. The inflated charter … [Read more...]
We Will Lose
I was looking through the data the other day. Would you be surprised to learn that Democrats in Massachusetts have knocked on over 2.5 million doors since 2010? That's just the knocks that have been recorded in VoteBuilder. It doesn't … [Read more...]
Boston Globe Has Stopped Pretending To Tell The Truth About All-Things Bulger and Looks Readers in The Eyes and Lies Directly to Their Faces
The Globe's Milton Valencia does an excellent job of actively, and quite impressively I might say, playing the incompetent fool for assistant U.S. Attorneys Fred Wyshak and David Margolis not to mention his bosses at the Globe/NY Times whom … [Read more...]
How did your Rep vote on the transit bill?
The good news is that enough progressives in the Mass. House of Representatives voted against the inadequate DeLeo/Murray transit bill so that, if it is passed in its current form in the Senate and then vetoed by the Governor, the votes are … [Read more...]
Stephen Lynch’s Confusing Rhetoric on Women’s Rights on Military Bases
Last night, Congressmen Ed Markey and Stephen Lynch met for a debate in Lowell as part of the Democratic primary campaign in the special election for U.S. Senate. It didn’t seem like there was too much new ground covered (Markey is … [Read more...]
Globe’s McMorrow BLISTERS feckless legislature
Oh Paul, you had me at hello: The old hub, spoke, and wheel system that shaped Boston development for half a century is dead. It used to be that the businesses nestled into the staid suburban office parks along Route 128 mattered at least … [Read more...]
DeLeo – Murray: Getting the politics wrong!
Does the ambition of legislators in the current Massachusetts General Court extend beyond their own continued service in office? It is hard to argue that it does. Calling the DeLeo-Murray-Dempsey-Brewer response to Governor Patrick’s … [Read more...]
Voter Registration Deadline Tomorrow (but why?)
We're holding a primary election for US Senate in Massachusetts on April 30th. If you're eligible to vote and live in Massachusetts, you must be registered or register by tomorrow, April 10th, to be allowed to vote in this primary. Get … [Read more...]