It has recently become common place for Congressmen upon retiring to denounce the culture of their work place that depends so heavily on dialing for dollars. The Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee after all encourages freshman … [Read more...]
Archives for January 2013
Cod Fishermen Are Even More Screwed Than You Thought
After months of contentious debate, New Bedford Standard Times reporter Steve Urbon says the New England Fishery Management Council finalized deep cuts to cod fishing quotas yesterday: The final vote cut the available catch of Gulf of … [Read more...]
A Year at Mission Hill School
Filmmakers Tom and Amy Valens have produced a documentary chronicling a "Year at Mission Hill" school in Boston and the challenges facing teachers and administrators in an urban environment. Here is the first of a 10-part video series … [Read more...]
Lynch Rides Markey’s, Circa 1976, Coattails?
This diary originally started as a comment over on danfromwaltham's diary: Stephen Lynch will go to Washington to stand up, not fit in I thought better of it, and came to the conclusion to write such a comment would be taking a giant … [Read more...]
Where Can I Get the Stuff Scot Lehigh Smokes? He Wanted Marty Meehan for the Senate Appointment.
Here it is. The Globe has jumped the shark. WTF Scott? Marty "everybody look at me" Meehan. Hey Scott, Deval isn't Jay Kaufman, or Margaret Marshall, or Carmen Ortiz or the other elitist/frauds whose lives revolve around getting … [Read more...]
Lynch hits the ground running
Rep. Stephen Lynch is set to announce his candidacy for Senate this afternoon at the Iron Workers' Hall in South Boston. Before that even happens, Lynch has a website up (no content yet, but at least it has a message from Lynch and a way … [Read more...]
Stephen Lynch will go to Washington to stand up, not fit in
Nice YouTube clip from the Stephen Lynch campaign. David, would you kindly promote this video like Bob did with the flash mob clip? No need to include my post or comments, just the video, I and others would appreciate it. Thank you so … [Read more...]
New article: From Capuano’s 7th to Tierney’s 6th, a partisan ranking of MA Congressional districts
I have just posted a new article with a quantitative ranking and analysis of the nine Massachusetts Congressional districts: http://massnumbers.blogspot.com/2013/01/from-capuanos-7th-to-tierneys-6th.html While all nine Massachusetts … [Read more...]
Juvenile Delinquency: If We Fail Our Children, We Fail Our Future
I am very please the Gov Patrick has decided to push Massachusetts towards age appropriate juvenile justice reform. I am especially pleased because there is a trend in America that is leading us to be more punitive in how we address … [Read more...]
Boston Flashmob Targets Bank of America, Fix the Debt With “Gold Diggers” Remix
You may have seen their ads on TV or been accosted by a Fix the Debt canvasser on the street – they claim to be a grassroots effort promoting steps to reduce the national debt. But the truth is, Fix the Debt is just another … [Read more...]
- 1
- 2
- 3
- …
- 17
- Next Page »