Senator Warren gave her maiden speech to the Senate earlier today. Huffington Post has the full transcript, which is well worth reading in full. It's a very moving speech, in my opinion. A few excerpts: I rise with a heart heavy with … [Read more...]
Archives for April 17, 2013
Child murder supporters win a round in the Senate
The pro-criminal National Rifle Association "the murderer's friend" won one in the Senate today because the Constitution's requirement that legislation be passed by a majority has been perverted by Senators to require a super-majority of 60 … [Read more...]
Shame on Howie Carr
Boston's favorite hack writer and shock jock took this opportunity to shamelessly exploit a terrible tragedy and advance a terrible public policy. Never let a good tragedy go to waste as the saying goes... Progressives must be VIGILANT … [Read more...]
Speaking of Stephen Colbert: Super Nerd News
Spoiler Alert! On the Colbert Report last night, Stephen Colbert (super Tolkien Nerd) was interviewing Caroline Kennedy about her new book and got into a contest of reciting poetry from memory. The first poem Stephen did from memory was … [Read more...]
Nobody knows what to believe
Just to give you a sense of how confused the reporting over the arrest/non-arrest of a Marathon suspect is right now, check out the front page of boston.com, which shows (a) the Globe saying that its sources say a suspect is in custody and … [Read more...]
Military tribunal? No thanks.
Reports are flooding in that a possible suspect in the Marathon bombings has been identified, apparently from security video shot from Lord & Taylor, and that an arrest is imminent or may in fact have already been made. First things … [Read more...]
I’m with Barney, and Charlie…
I wish to go firmly on the record affirming, re-iterating, underlining and otherwise repeating amen after amen to Barney Frank who firmly and comprehensively contextualizes so much of what needs to be said; "In this terrible situation, … [Read more...]
ICYMI: Two great commentaries on Monday’s events
A fantastic read in the NY Times, from Dennis Lehane. Here's an excerpt, but you really should read the whole thing. When I speak of my love for this city, it will be understood that the love does not come filtered through a soft-focus … [Read more...]
Meanwhile, some other stuff happened
Not surprisingly, the news these days is pretty much all Marathon all the time. And yet, if you look carefully, you can see a couple of stories that we should not lose sight of. For example: Former Probation Commissioner John J. … [Read more...]