"Since ’91, Americans have acquired over 170 million new firearms and violent crimes have declined by 51%," the NRA recently tweeted, a comment that's been repeated endlessly by conservative media. The problem with this idea: Most of the … [Read more...]
Archives for September 2, 2015
Attorney General Certifies 16 Possible Ballot Questions
No, that doesn't mean the 2016 ballot will be THAT long, but rather 16 petitions have cleared the hurdle of conforming to proper formatting and not running afoul of subjects off limits to this process per the MA Constitution. Some of these … [Read more...]
Jeff Jacoby Is An Ass
Jeff Jacoby, everyone's favorite Fox News parrot, piped up today in a piece titled "Urban Roads Aren't Meant For Bicycles" and proves that he is an ass. How Jeff Jacoby Views Driving To Work After the death of Dr. Anita Kurmann at the … [Read more...]
“Boston’s roads aren’t meant for bicycles”
You can count on Jeff Jacoby to be a lagging indicator of cranky-old-man conservative thought in the Globe. But I have to say that today's column, an anti-bicycle diatribe (Boston’s roads aren’t meant for bicycles - The Boston Globe), is … [Read more...]