Hi, I'm new to BMG, so I'd like to say hello to everyone. My name is Tom Sheff and I am running for Governor's Council in District 3 against Marilyn Devaney. My website is at www.votetomsheff.com and I am running as an independent, … [Read more...]
Archives for October 9, 2014
Your top 5
When things are slow in the sports world, the guys (almost all guys) on sports talk debate their "top 5" lists: quarterbacks, all-time basketball greats, etc. Much of the time they talk about people I only vaguely know. I root for the home … [Read more...]
One Doctor’s View of Charlie Baker
A friend, Dr. Stan Shapshay of Richmond, MA, wrote this powerful letter to the editor of the Berkshire Eagle earlier this week. He OK'd my posting it on BMG. I was practicing medicine in Boston when Charlie Baker "saved" Harvard Pilgrim … [Read more...]
Boston Police Have a Racially Biased Policing Problem, and a Golden Opportunity to Reform
During the summer of 2011, then-19-year-old Ivan Richiez was robbed at gunpoint and pistol-whipped by two men in the Jamaica Plain neighborhood of Boston. Bruised and bloodied, Ivan walked home passed the local Boston Police Department … [Read more...]
54% say the deficit has increased
In a recent poll, Americans were asked whether they thought the deficit had decreased or increased since Obama took office in 2009. 54% of Americans thought in increased and a mere 19% thought it decreased. Even a plurality of Democrats … [Read more...]