Borowitz: PRESSURE ON OBAMA TO QUICKLY RESOLVE CENTURIES-OLD SUNNI-SHIITE CONFLICT WASHINGTON (The Borowitz Report)—Congressional leaders left the White House on Wednesday “deeply frustrated” that President Obama had not found a swift … [Read more...]
Archives for June 20, 2014
The BU biolab: still a bad idea
Remember this story? It's been kicking around for as long as this blog has been in existence (which is coming up on 10 years). Some of my very first posts were about how it strikes me as a bad idea for Boston University to locate a … [Read more...]
Joseph Kennedy III still defending warrantless NSA spying
Minutes after helping to preserve an appropriations bill's possible funding for combat operations in Iraq, Joseph Kennedy III once again defended the NSA's power to spy on us. As The Hill puts it, an amendment to the same bill, sponsored … [Read more...]
Friday roundup: casinos, the Olympics, and other bad ideas
Today's "Capital," the Boston Globe's new weekly politics section, is devoted largely to casinos. There's lots of good reading in it, including some results from the Globe's weekly poll showing that a bare majority (52%) of MA voters favor … [Read more...]
Thoughts on how a Governor creates bold change
I really enjoyed the discussion in yesterday’s Blue Mass Group post regarding the Wednesday WBUR debate among the three gubernatorial candidates. It was a great conversation about different ideas and strategies behind how a Governor can … [Read more...]