Remember "Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In"? Remember Judy Carne who said "Sock it to me"? Or was it Goldie Hawn? That's what I think of now, whenever I read the latest and greatest on Obamacare. Before I begin, do you recall the episode … [Read more...]
Archives for December 13, 2013
Is Salvation Army Preaching Against Same-Sex Relationships?
In recent months, Salvation Army (SA) has been making efforts to shed its anti-LGBT (and anti-Semitic) history and reputation by removing anti-gay links and messages from its websites, and by posting a non-discrimination policy. The policy … [Read more...]
Back to the Future – Time to Get Back to Work on Issues before the Boston City council
I’m dropping out of the twitter echo chamber on the Michelle Wu discussion. It’s hard to express yourself in 140 characters without resorting to insults and enough of that. I plead guilty to helping to crowd out other important policy … [Read more...]
The Bill Linehan Challenge
What did Steve Murphy do as Council Prez? That he couldn't as just a member? A lot of "progressives" are upset with Michelle Wu for giving Bill Linehan a shiny new title. They claim that this position is "very powerful". But I … [Read more...]
What do we know?
A couple of days ago I put up a post in defense of Michelle Wu. I purposefully stayed away from the comments and twitter until the next day, convinced I would wake up to ALL CAPS screeds calling me anything but a child of God. Thankfully, … [Read more...]
Northeast Climate Compact Keeps Proving Carbon Cap and Trade Works Really Well
The U.S. Senate Republican minority used the filibuster to block the majority from passing a carbon cap and trade program in 2010, because FREEDOM, or something. So a group of Northeast states went ahead with it anyway and it continues to … [Read more...]
MassGOP Hits Supporters With Amateurish Push-Poll Survey
The Massachusetts Republican Party on Thursday invited its supporters to take a survey which it says will help the party "craft the Platform which will be presented at our state convention in March". The survey asks respondents to decide … [Read more...]
Michelle Wu’s Husband Says She Doesn’t Need Progressive Support
Conor Pewarski, husband of City Councillor-Elect Michelle Wu, argues that even without support from Boston's progressive wards (4,5,11 and 19) she would have won by 14,000 … [Read more...]