John Fish says Boston can host the Olympics because all of the buildings (hardware hopefully paid privately) and infrastructure (software moslyt paid by tax payers) are in the pipeline. I should be the first one to knock this and like … [Read more...]
Archives for November 18, 2014
Executive Action Should Scrap Secure Communities
Hi all, I wanted to share a piece I posted today on Huffington Post's Latino Voices. Would love to get your thoughts. And for those of you who want to read it in Spanish, click here. -- Joe Ignoring the demands of the American public, … [Read more...]
Make Testing Overkill History: Sign the Less Testing, More Learning Petition Today!
The Globe’s lead editorial today recognizes the rising backlash against overuse and misuse of standardized testing. The editorial says that “resistance has grown louder, accompanied by some specific complaints: about schools overloading on … [Read more...]
Delusional, Climate-Killing Keystone XL “Centrism”
The U.S. Senate is expected to vote today on a bill that would short-circuit the safety and environmental review for the Keystone XL tar sands pipeline, overruling sound science with polluter politics. The Boston Globe editorial board has a … [Read more...]
“No one is proposing to abandon the homeless.”
That reassuring line appears in a Globe op-ed by Lawrence Harmon that ran a few days ago. In Harmon's view, the sudden closure of the Long Island shelter, at which hundreds of homeless people and recovering drug addicts found refuge and … [Read more...]
Ten years of Blue Mass Group
Ten years ago today, a short post appeared on a new Typepad blog announcing a new venture: a website devoted to "commentary on politics and policy," mostly on Massachusetts topics. Improbably, we're still here - and so are you. Blue … [Read more...]
Retrospect: We should have targeted “Big Business” Baker
As I see Baker’s transition team start to come together, it is striking to me how many business executives he is filling his inner circle with. We all knew that Baker is in the pocket of big business. Why didn’t we run on it? The … [Read more...]
Wall Street Democrats
I am a Democrat, not because I love the party but because it is the one that better represents my interests. In election season I usually work for/root for the Democrats. When I think of governance, I want to kick the stuffing out of a … [Read more...]