The Southern Poverty Law Center has released Whose Heritage? Public Symbols of the Confederacy that "catalogs 1,503 examples of monuments and statues; flags; city, county and school names; lakes, dams and other public works; state holidays; … [Read more...]
Archives for April 2016
Can’t Solve Transportation Without Addressing Housing
Charley already wrote up WBUR's transportation poll, but WBUR did a sidebar story on some non-highway transportation ideas. Reporter Steve Brown talked to State Sen. Tom McGee about his idea to relieve traffic & help people get … [Read more...]
Atlantic Primary Predictions
In the nobody else has so I guess I will department, here is a thread regarding today's primaries. All five states (CT, DE, MD, PA, RI) close at 8PM EDT. PA and MD also have closely watched Dem primaries for the US Senate. I figure for … [Read more...]
Is the Media trying to De-Flate the Dem Vote?
Again and again, the media keeps pushing Hillary, parroting her talking points without challenge or question. In the past two days, Rachel Maddow and Andrea Mitchell both tell their viewers that "Hillary has 2.7 million more votes" than … [Read more...]
Stuck in traffic? Or on the T? #nohopeever
WBUR is doing a fine series on traffic and transit this week. From yesterday -- If you think your commute is getting worse, you're not alone ... WBUR Poll: Boston-Area Residents Say Traffic Is Getting Worse, But MBTA May Be A Solution | … [Read more...]
A response to Senator Lewis on marijuana legalization
As many of you saw, last week BMG had some great discussions on the ballot initiative to regulate marijuana like alcohol that will be voted on this November. It began with my post asking why progressive organization ActBlue was working with … [Read more...]
What’s the Counterargument?
A request for your thoughts on a Sunday evening. If the nominee is Bernie Sanders, then the case is (fairly) clear The system is rigged, we need to fix it, etc. But if the nominee is Hillary Clinton, and the GOP nominee is Trump or … [Read more...]
Your Film Tax Credit Dollars at Work — for Mark Wahlberg
It's looking like the film tax credit is going to be with us for quite a while longer. Last year the Governor's idea of scrapping it altogether in favor of a tax credit for working poor families met with very stiff resistance from film tax … [Read more...]
Happy Birthday and Anniversary: William Shakespeare
Part 2 of the Anglophile Obsession, today is both the 400th anniversary of Shakespeare's death as well as his 452nd birthday. Many things are happening this weekend to celebrate the anniversary, including BBC's lists for the Anniversary … [Read more...]
Why a Progressive Democrat Opposes the Marijuana Ballot Question
Hello BMG community. This is Senator Jason Lewis. Seeing the recent discussion on BMG about marijuana legalization I thought I would share my perspective on this issue and why I oppose the likely November ballot question. A year ago, … [Read more...]
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