In todays Boston Globe, Michael J. Maguire wrote a letter “James Peyser Supports Unfair Charter Schools,” and in a recent BMG post by Nopolitician, “Elections Have Consequences: Baker Hires Charter Booster as Education Secretary” I found … [Read more...]
Archives for December 2014
What price ad revenues?
I just saw a National Rifle Association ad on BMG. It offers a free knife (think "guns don't kill people" -- cute) to people who join. This both angers and saddens me. We just marked the second anniversary of Sandy Hook. 83 people in … [Read more...]
Joke Revue: “She’s having so much sex she can’t afford her own birth control pills”
One of Steven Colbert's finest commentaries on Republican philosopher Rush Limbaugh, from the archives: The Colbert Report Get More: Daily Show Full Episodes,Indecision Political Humor,The Colbert Report on Facebook Daniel … [Read more...]
Christmas Day Open Thread
It has been my custom for the past several years (2009, 2010. 2011 and 2012), to have a Christmas Day open thread. It's a chance for those who choose not to celebrate to share their thoughts here. Or if you have a low key celebration and … [Read more...]
The Universal Christmas Message
Whether you believe in the Christmas story as a matter of faith or not, the idea that God could appear as the lowliest form of life, that his (unwed) mother denied housing and migrating from home to register her citizenship at the orders … [Read more...]
Happy Holidays! (to quote Charlie Baker)
Inbox: From: Charlie Baker <info@charliebaker2014.com> Subject: Happy Holidays Date: December 25, 2014 11:12:28 AM EST To: blue@vps28478.inmotionhosting.com Reply-To: Charlie Baker <info@charliebaker2014.com> Happy … [Read more...]
OK I’ll say it: most of Charlie Baker’s appointments look pretty good
Some of us, no doubt, were expecting the worst. But I have to say that, so far, by and large, Charlie Baker's appointments are not scary. Some of them are even encouraging. With a couple of possible exceptions. The two major possible … [Read more...]
How’s My Health? Poorer, Because of @HealthConnector.
Yesterday was the deadline to apply for health insurance for January 2015 through the Massachusetts Health Connector. I didn't know this until I saw the media reports about it. I became a last-minute applicant. Or, rather, I tried to … [Read more...]
Elections have consequences: Baker hires charter booster as education secretary
In a prime example of allowing a fox to guard the hen house, Charlie Baker has hired James Peyser of the Pioneer Institute as the state Secretary of Education. Peyser was the architect in past Republican administrations of both charter … [Read more...]
Why Did The Globe Have To Kill This Bryon Hefner Kid? He Doesn’t Deserve This
Let's put things in perspective here. This Hefner kid is 26 and the Senate Prez is much older. Too much older. That's great gossip. But that's all it is. The kid's on the flamboyant side. How salacious. And he was a royal pain in the ass. … [Read more...]
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