Globe Columnist Jeff Jacoby son is currently missing. Information can be found at this link and has been copied below. Kudos to David Bernstein for spreading the word, and my thoughts and prayers go out to the Jacoby family at this … [Read more...]
Archives for January 7, 2014
Congrats to BMG’s own Joyce Linehan
According to the Dorchester Reporter, Joyce Linehan has been appointed to be the Chief of Policy in the new Walsh Administration. I believe this is excellent news. … [Read more...]
The politically incorrect idea of bringing congregate and community care together
(Cross-posted from The COFAR Blog) Two initiatives in two separate states call for something that would seem to make perfect sense -- expand the missions of congregate care facilities for the developmentally disabled, and merge them with … [Read more...]
GOP Austerity Forcing More Families to Shiver Through Polar Vortex
Wealthy Americans aren't being asked to pay a dime more than pre-Bush-era tax rates to close the budget deficit. Oil & coal companies are still getting their billions in subsidies. But as MSNBC's Ned Resnikoff reports, conservatives are … [Read more...]
Christopher Fallon in for Clark’s Senate Seat?
David Bernstein tweets: BTW st rep Christopher Fallon officially switched his committee to st sen the other day, also running for the K Clark seat. #mapoli — David S. Bernstein (@dbernstein) January 7, 2014 What do people know about … [Read more...]
Joke Revue: “The deserving few” praise Bloomberg
Borowitz: PEOPLE WHO CAN STILL AFFORD TO LIVE IN NEW YORK PRAISE BLOOMBERG NEW YORK (The Borowitz Report)—As the curtain comes down on the Michael Bloomberg era, the three-term mayor of New York received fulsome praise last night from … [Read more...]