Delaware, the First State, is on the cusp of becoming the 11th state to ratify marriage equality.Minnesota and Illinois are also on the verge of passing this historic victory, though they may have a harder time. We can only hope the Midwest … [Read more...]
Archives for May 7, 2013
Markey – Lynch Labor Kickoff
Later this afternoon Massachusetts AFL-CIO President Steve Tolman will kickoff Labor's 2013 US Senate Campaign. The downtown Boston event will bring local union activists and leaders together with Congressman Markey . . . and Congressman … [Read more...]
Why Just Beating Gabriel Gomez Isn’t Enough
Now that the initial ripple of concern than ran through the Democrats after the (to be fair), decisive and something-of-a-surprise Gabriel Gomez victory in the Republican primary, a new ripple of confidence has come over the Massachusetts … [Read more...]
Watch out Markey: Prince of Darkness has fiction writer Carr on speed dial!
Someone once asked me why people referred to Sec. of State Bill Galvin as "Prince of Darkness" and I told them it was because when Bill was a State Rep. he would gossip about other elected officials and would spread the gossip to select … [Read more...]
Put the body in the ground already, numbnuts.
Can't believe I'm linking to a Herald column, but Margery's right: We did, after all, manage to bury Lee Harvey Oswald. Had Timothy McVeigh not been cremated, we’d have buried him too. This fiasco makes our so-called leaders look inept and … [Read more...]
Do We Need More Unsupervised Charter Schools?
With the Legislature holding hearings today on whether to hand out more feedbags for the charter school trough, let's hope they consider our recent experience with the Gloucester Community Arts Charter School before they put the Department … [Read more...]
Mr. Markey – ask Gabby what he believes?
Gabby Gomez wants this race to be about anything but policy. He wants to smile, talk about his military cred and your many years in a failed Washington - despite the fact that you actually worked in Washington when it worked, before the … [Read more...]