Don Berwick today issued the following statement on the Supreme Court's decision that companies cannot be required to cover some types of contraceptives: “Today’s abhorrent Supreme Court decision is yet another affront to women’s health. … [Read more...]
Archives for June 2014
Republicans on Supreme Court Impose Religion-based Limits on Contraception
The Charlie Baker Republican-controlled Supreme Court today continued the party's "war on women" when it voted to allow corporations to impose their religious beliefs on their employees. NYT: The Supreme Court ruled on Monday that … [Read more...]
Supreme Court royally screws up. But it could have been worse.
Today is the final day of the Supreme Court's 2013-2014 term, and, as expected, it saw the announcement of two hot-button cases: Burwell v. Hobby Lobby Stores, Inc., and Harris v. Quinn. Both were 5-4 decisions with the depressingly … [Read more...]
Quick reactions to SCOTUS rulings
Word has quickly spread that SCOTUS ruled for Hobby Lobby and also against certain unions collecting representation fees from non-members who nevertheless benefit from union negotiations. Both rulings from what I understand are "narrowly … [Read more...]
Supreme Court Monday
Well, our reactionary Supreme Court decided to satisfy itself with half a loaf today, opting to merely open the door to eviscerating some basic rights, rather than actually smashing them to bits altogether. In the Hobby Lobby case, the … [Read more...]
Parents prohibited from even discussing a visit home with their son
[Cross-posted from The COFAR Blog] When Stanley and Ellen McDonald tried to share and discuss a COFAR Blog post with their son, Andy, during a visit to his group home on June 22, the residential manager told them to stop, or their visit … [Read more...]
Joke Revue: Iraq to Have Unity Government Before U.S.
A bit of a thin weeks for jokes, fortunately as David noted, we've got Jeff Jacoby hard at work channeling the spirit of the Revue. With that, Borowitz: IRAQ TO HAVE UNITY GOVERNMENT BEFORE U.S. BAGHDAD (The Borowitz Report)—In a … [Read more...]
Logic fail
In today's column, Globie Jeff Jacoby cites a single example of a Republican courting black votes (namely, Mississippi incumbent Senator Thad Cochran), and concludes as follows. Emphasis added. What turned the tide was the exercise by … [Read more...]
New Documentary on Whitey Bulger Trial Points Fingers at Boston Media
Among other things, award winning documentarian Joe Berlinger's new film, "United States v. James J. Bulger", is an indictment of the long running narrative of all things Bulger and our provincial media's insistence of telling it despite … [Read more...]
Capital observations
Time is short this morning, so just a couple of quick observations from today's Globe's "Capital" section: The section includes a "roundup" of chit-chat from various observers about the People's Pledge, including quotes from Globe … [Read more...]
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