This was an incredibly tough piece to write. I never met my grandfather who was shot to death in his store on the corner of Rindge Avenue and Montgomery Street in the spring of 1975. My sister was 9, my brother was less than a year old. The … [Read more...]
Archives for December 2015
Eric Fehrnstrom wrote a column in today's Globe defending Donald Trump. More interesting than his defense of Trump itself is his claim that John Adams's insults of Thomas Jefferson were a lot worse than anything Trump has called his … [Read more...]
Make Guns as Regulated as Cars
As I write this, we are still absorbing the San Bernardino shootings. My wife and I just went through the exercise of buying a car. To do this we had to verify our identities, go through a credit check, provide our Social Security … [Read more...]
Wonk Post: Republican-Conservative Base Shrinks
From Gallup: The percentage of Republicans and Republican-leaning independents who describe themselves as both social and economic conservatives has dropped to 42%, the lowest level Gallup has measured since 2005. The second-largest group … [Read more...]
Wonk Post: Public Opinions of the Parties
From Gallup: Americans' party preferences are closely divided, with 43% identifying as Democrats or leaning Democratic and 41% identifying as Republicans or leaning Republican. The parties have been essentially tied since August, … [Read more...]
It’s Time to Call It as We See It: The Right’s Rhetoric and Terrorism
I posted this 4 1/2 years ago. This morning Jake Tapper-trying to use the word he had just learned from interviewing Juliette Kayyem--said "schotastic." stochastic terrorism: the use of mass communications to incite random actors to carry … [Read more...]
Trump: Proving angry white men vote?
GOP Senator Lindsey Graham said it in 2012: “The demographics race we’re losing badly,” said Sen. Lindsey O. Graham (S.C.). “We’re not generating enough angry white guys to stay in business for the long term.” (Trump is shown below … [Read more...]
We shouldn’t criminalize intellectual disability
(Cross-posted from The COFAR Blog) When people with intellectual disabilities commit assaults or other violent crimes, our response should not be to race to lock them up. That, however, appears to be the intent of the Bristol County … [Read more...]
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