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Archives for February 2015
An icon passes: Leonard Nimoy has died at 83
Spock — Leonard Nimoy — has died at 83. For much of my early life, "Spock" was an icon and a character to emulate. He was the first celebrity that let me feel as though nerdiness and geekiness was cool. I still tend to use … [Read more...]
DeLeo strips Hecht of Vice Chairmanship
As clear evidence of the undue amount of power held by the speaker, Speaker DeLeo has removed Representative Jonathan Hecht for the Vice Chairmanship of the Committee on Elder Affairs. This was likely due to the fact that Hecht spoke out … [Read more...]
House Committee Assignments
Click this link for the Committee Assignments ratified by the Democratic Caucus in the House. I hope you find this helpful! … [Read more...]
House reorganization?
My Twitter feed contained a reference to the new House leadership positions and committee assignments. This post is from a very learned and reliable politial wizard, but it isn't floating around the Internets anywhere else (except maybe … [Read more...]
Turn your back
Rep. Jim McGovern is the most recent member of Congress and the first in the Massachusetts delegation to announce that he will not attend the circus that Speaker Boehner and Israeli PM Netnayahu have concocted to bring Netanyahu in front of … [Read more...]
MassBudget Infographic: Expanding Opportunity & Child Poverty in MA
The number of children living in poverty in Massachusetts would be twice as high as it is if low income families did not receive help from effective anti-poverty programs such as the Earned Income Tax Credit, the Supplemental Nutrition … [Read more...]
A warning about privatizing the T
Read this account of the privatization of London, and maybe let's think again about privatizing the MBTA in Boston. First, as only a Brit could put it about the overall privatization of Britain since 1982: It was a free-market frenzy. … [Read more...]
Cities Scale: Boston Living with Water
Cities scale is where real climate change adaptation is taking place, now, whether or not we have national or international agreements on greenhouse gases. Cities and regions have to deal with weather emergencies and, it turns out, … [Read more...]
Roots Education Via John Connolly
Yes, yes, it is idealistic. Yet apparently parental engagement works in public education. There's plenty of research to back that up (see the Flamboyen Foundation) and now a local is doing pilots here in the Bay State. Likely we all … [Read more...]
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