Good for her. Email from Mimi Lemay, mother of a transgender child, sent to the AG's list of supporters on her stationery: There’s a bill in Massachusetts that would fix this situation. Similar legislation has passed in 18 other states … [Read more...]
Archives for March 30, 2016
The Supreme Court looked deadlocked in the Obamacare/birth control case. You won’t believe what happened next.
As you may know, last week the Supreme Court heard oral argument in Zubik v. Burwell, a case in which religious nonprofits claim that the opt-out procedure set up by the Obama administration (which involves filling out a form and sending it … [Read more...]
Thomas Frank explains inequality in MA: hard hearts
In "Why Have Democrats Failed in the State Where They’re Most Likely to Succeed? Massachusetts should be a model state for liberal public policy, but instead it is one of the country’s most unequal" for The Nation, adapted from his new … [Read more...]
Joke Revue: leland4anything
Twitter user leland4anything: The Library of America releases its latest tome. Hat tip to The Way of Improvement Leads Home and Randall Stephens. Also, be sure to visit the Smithsonian Institution's website for its image of Trump from … [Read more...]
Boaty McBoatFace – Haters gonna hate!
On Wait Wait, Don't Tell Me this weekend, they identified this story about a proposed $287 million polar research ship and which the British Government decided unwisely, to let the internet choose the name for this new research ship. … [Read more...]
The GE is going to get their Boston HQ rent free.
Fort Point and the "Innovation District" is one of the hottest property markets in the world. There is no end to the number of firms that would like to locate there. So, of course, the GE is going to be there at the giant cost of... rent … [Read more...]