No matter how much I resisted posting something on Scott Brown earlier, he managed to pull me in. Scott Brown might have missed something when defining his Statement of Organization for the FEC: (emphasis mine) Your Statement of … [Read more...]
Archives for April 7, 2014
The Dynasty Continues
MSNBC is reporting that Ted Kennedy, Jr. will seek a seat in the CT State Senate. The only other "Kennedy" I can think of to serve in a state legislature is Mark Shriver, son of Eunice Kennedy, who served in the MD House of Delegates. … [Read more...]
Building a Foundation for Success: Early Ed & Care in MA
Today we released a new report that examines options for improving educational opportunity for children in Massachusetts by expanding access to early education and care and improving quality. The research is clear that education and care … [Read more...]
An Afternoon With Richard Tisei
I am a member of the Reading, Ma Rotary, and today we had a special guest. Richard Tisei. He announced he wasn't going to be political. Then he launched into the Republican talking points on the ACA using deception and outright falsehoods … [Read more...]
RIP Shadowfax (Blanco)
The One Ring Site is sadly reporting that the beautiful horse, Blanco, who played Gandalf's horse Shadowfax in both The Two Towers and The Return of the King movies, has died. His owner reported that, "A battery of tests were performed … [Read more...]
Civil legal aid is potent weapon in war on poverty
Richard Zorza has another great post up on his "Access to Justice" blog calling attention to the Public Welfare Foundation's attempts to show how civil legal aid helps people climb out of poverty. In it, he gives a shout out to the … [Read more...]
What to make of Seymour Hersh and his allegations?
I found the most recent Seymour Hersh article in the London Review of Books fascinating for a variety of reasons. It certainly raises more questions than it answers. It's a long article alleging that the Turks are trying to deliberately … [Read more...]
Juliette Kayyem wins College Democrats of Massachusetts Straw Poll
Over 150 college students from across the state gathered in Northampton to attend the CDM Convention this past weekend. Students were asked to participate in a poll to measure their support for each of the five candidates for governor. As … [Read more...]
Ryan budget shows Republicans do care about the rest of us
It has now occurred to me, based on Rep. Paul Ryan's budget, that Republicans in Congress don't care about garnering absolute wealth for themselves. They just want relative wealth -- in other words, all they really want is to be better … [Read more...]
Joke Revue: Supreme Court defends wealthy’s right to own government
Borowitz: SUPREME COURT DEFENDS WEALTHY’S RIGHT TO OWN GOVERNMENT WASHINGTON (The Borowitz Report)—By a five-to-four decision, the United States Supreme Court today defended the right of the wealthiest Americans to own the United States … [Read more...]