From his Facebook page, Jim Webb just announced he is forming an exploratory committee for the Democratic nomination for the presidency in 2016. His new website is up and running, webb2016.com I quoted some highlights below The … [Read more...]
Archives for November 2014
Thrive Solar®
On Friday 11/14/14, Ranganayakulu Bodavula Ph D, Chairman and Managing Director of Thrive® Solar Energy Pvt Ltd (http://www.thriveenergy.co.in), spoke at Harvard’s Center for Population Studies … [Read more...]
DDS should not be investigating itself for abuse and neglect in the Perry case, or in any other cases
(Cross-posted from The COFAR Blog) As Fox 25 news reported earlier this month, the Department of Developmental Services has determined there was not sufficient evidence to charge staff at the Templeton Developmental Center with … [Read more...]
MA voters support regulating marijuana like alcohol — or maybe tomatoes
One of the least publicized results of this month’s election was 14 state representative districts voting to support the legalization of marijuana. Two organizations, the Drug Policy Forum of Massachusetts and Bay State Repeal, worked to … [Read more...]
Well We Now Know Where The Olympic Stadium Is Going and To Tell You The Truth I’m Thinking That Maybe, Just Maybe, Hosting The Olympics Ain’t Such A Bad Idea
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...]
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...]
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