A while back, Kristen Lombardi of the Boston Phoenix documented abuses of the CORI system to keep track of criminal records. There is pattern of misuse that wastes the time of police and employers by smearing the reputations of … [Read more...]
What Makes The Globe’s Front Page?
Not on the front page is the headline "Killer Coke story outrages Patrick camp" with this opening:The gubernatorial campaign of Deval Patrick and a key supporter yesterday expressed outrage over a disclosure that advisers to rival Thomas F. … [Read more...]
Deval’s Vision of Hope for Education
It's fair to say that after our recreational governors, many schools in Massachusetts need help. Some buildings need repair or replacement, many children need early education and full-day kindergarten, and our public higher education … [Read more...]
Frank Phillips Again Selectively Filtering the Facts
In an interview, Patrick argued that he took his progressive values into the corporations where he worked, and implemented significant changes, such as reforming lending practices at Ameriquest, pushing Texaco to quit an industry advocacy … [Read more...]
Globe Filters Truth
The person quoted is Wendy Murphy.Wendy Murphy, a professor at the New England School of Law and a strong advocate for using litigation to advance women's equality, said Patrick's joining the Fly Club opens a fair inquiry into "his … [Read more...]
Jeff Jacoby, GOP Waterboy At Your Service!
The Big Dig is indeed a monument to O'Neill. It captures perfectly the costly big-government sloppiness for which he was the poster child. Only in the public sector, where market discipline is nonexistent and financial losses are the … [Read more...]
“This Is A Beautiful, Democratic Republic.”
Perfect Evidence, an episode of This American Life, contains the story of four Chicago teenagers wrongfully convicted for murder. After 15 years in prison, DNA evidence set them free and convicted the real killers. Omar … [Read more...]
$15 million = 150 extra cops for Boston’s tough neighborhoods
Or 150 extra teachers to provide smaller classrooms and more personal attention to students who are behind grade level.Or 150 extra nurses to provide health care.Or 150 social workers to help sort out the problems of children who suffer … [Read more...]
New Kind of Politics
Deval used his speech to explain how his campaign had given every delegate an envelope. When I opened mine, I found a list of registered voters who live on my block. He's encouraging us to talk to our neighbors about politics … [Read more...]
Reilly’s Robots! Danger, Will Robinson, Danger!
Just got a robo-call from the Reilly campaign, (with a Caller ID block), telling me Reilly NEEDS my vote because there will only be one ballot. It played up Deval's delegate count as the reason.But my vote is locked for Deval on the … [Read more...]