They say the definition of chutzpah is killing your parents and then begging for mercy because your an orphan. In a recent op-ed in the Worcester Telegram & Gazette, the anti-union Pioneer Institute aspires to chutzpah using Labor Day … [Read more...]
Archives for August 2011
Court stands up for citizen journalists
The US Court of Appeals for the First Circuit's recent decision on videotaping the police in public is a big deal, and for reasons that go well beyond the Massachusetts wiretap law. As has already been noted here, the Court allowed a civil … [Read more...]
Brown Returns from Afghanistan. Tread Lightly!
It finally happened. Scott Brown is returning from Afghanistan safe and sound...wait, he left? Several months ago, Brown announced--then claimed it had been leaked--that he was going over to Afghanistan to "do some missions." It was … [Read more...]
Parole in Massachusetts: Two steps forward and one step back?
Families Against Mandatory Minimums (FAMM), the Massachusetts Bar Association, the Committee for Public Counsel Services (the state’s public defender agency) and the ACLU of Massachusetts recently spoke out about the dropping parole rates … [Read more...]
Ignoring our rich labor history
Worcester Telegram & Gazette Circulation: 90,000 Wednesday, August 31, 2011 by Charles Chieppo and Jamie Gass In Federalist #10, James Madison wrote that regulation of competing interests like labor and management is the … [Read more...]
Smoking Guns? Boston Globe and/or Associated Press Screw With News Photos While Herald Finds New Ways to Goof on Blacks
London's Daily Mirror has this story and photo in yesterday's edition. The headline tells of a "Dramatic Moment When Man Stabbed at Notting Hill Carnival". Here's what happened. Some punk stabbed most likely another punk at a Caribbean … [Read more...]
Fehrnstrom Enters Pantheon of Dirty Tricksters
Now that Eric Fehrnstrom has been unmasked as the source of politically incorrect tweets about Senator Scott Brown's potential Democratic rival, Alan Khazai, he has ascended to membership in the dubious pantheon of renowned dirty … [Read more...]
Romney slams “career politicians” in Perry’s backyard – Brown backs Quincy council hopeful – Irene damages – More trouble in Lawrence
MITT MONITOR: Former Gov. Mitt Romney took it to GOP presidential primary opponent Gov. Rick Perry in Perry's own state of Texas yesterday, slamming "career politicians," of which Romney has only been one of for a decade or so. (AP, … [Read more...]
Elizabeth Warren interviewed in today’s Boston Globe
So much for that "afraid of the press" meme. I didn't love the headline on the front page profile, but the article strikes me as a pretty good introduction. Warren effectively countered any "ivory tower" or "silver spoon" associations due … [Read more...]
Fixing the comment nesting problem
I think the frequent problems we see with comments failing to nest properly can be fixed by changing the default behavior of the page that opens to read a particular post. Right now, that page opens with big open "comment" entry box. It … [Read more...]
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