Tonight,the UMass Undergraduate Student Senate on behalf of the entire student body revisited and approved a resolution calling upon the Governor to retract his insensitive and thoughtless comments on the Syrian refugee crisis. This is … [Read more...]
Archives for December 7, 2015
Trump wants to ban all Muslims…
from entering the US. In a speech in South Carolina tonight he went from crazy to bizarre. He even wants to ban American Muslims traveling abroad from returning home to the US. " There is nothing more frightening than ignorance in … [Read more...]
Thanks Gov. Baker
We had harsh words for the Governor when he sounded like someone dismissing a sales call with regard to Syrian refugees. But he got this one right -- denouncing Donald Trump's vow to shut down immigration by Muslims. He put it just … [Read more...]
Wonk Graphics: Aggregate Polling for Iowa, New Hampshire, South Carolina Democratic Presidential Preference
From HuffPo/Pollster: Iowa: New Hampshire: South Carolina: … [Read more...]
I’ll be defending the Pacheco Law at a Boston Bar Assn. forum next month
(Cross-posted from The COFAR Blog) Based on our blog posts earlier this year defending the scrutiny of the privatization of state services that is provided under the Pacheco Law, I've been asked to present a defense of the law at … [Read more...]
Gun safety becomes national anti-terrorism issue
A strong speech by Obama touched on many important points -- ideology, war, and communications, among others -- but these two paragraphs redefined gun safety, which up until now has been largely considered a matter of domestic politics, … [Read more...]