Great story a friend just informed me of. Free pizza today (Saturday) from 2-4pm at Just Crust Pizza at 49 Brattle Street in Harvard Square. Just Crust was formed from the ashes of Upper Crust, that poorly and unethically run ponzi scheme … [Read more...]
Archives for June 7, 2013
Broons with the Broom!
Swept the Pens like it was nobody's business. As my brother posted on his Facebook, 'Timmy who? Rask will bask in all glory'. Time to rest for the boys in black and gold, we will see if they play the reigning Kings or the champs of old. … [Read more...]
For the cyclists: a Daily Show gem
I annoyed a lot of bicyclists a while back with my curmudgeonly post about cyclists and traffic laws. So here is a thoroughly pro-bike post: last night's hilarious Daily Show segment on New York City's new bikeshare program. Enjoy! … [Read more...]
Support Equity—Keep the Cap on Charter School Growth
There are 23 Commonwealth Charter schools housed in Boston. Each is funded on the average per pupil cost for each student enrolled. All told, the money sent from the BPS to charters is closing in on estimated $80 to $100 million (*) per … [Read more...]
Beyond Benghazi
As we navigate our way through this season of political scandal there are questions which have begun to arise, surrounding events in Benghazi, as to motives, both on the part of the supposed architects of failure and those likewise ascribed … [Read more...]
Markey-Gomez poll roundup
It's been more than 5 weeks since the primary; and not only has Markey been leading in every poll, but his lead has exceeded margin of error in every poll. This should not make us complacent: We all know what happened in 2010. I am … [Read more...]