I'd vote for whoever did the most to help elect Democrats this year. Which judging from my emails is Marty Walsh but I'm sure there are electeds/activists who don't have me on their email lists. But my first take on it is I hope Marty Walsh … [Read more...]

He helped elect Trump. He knew exactly what he was doing by so publicly blanking his ballot. "They both suck" was a quintessentially pro-Trump talking point designed to keep iffy Democratic/independent voters home. It worked to perfection. … [Read more...]

Rumor is circulating that Trump faked his accountant's signature on his tax documents during the 80's in service of tax fraud. Dishonest, but maybe not the worst quality in a President. I have a more fundamental question: Is Trump … [Read more...]

As much as I enjoy seeing Trump get trashed, I have to stand up for him when Mittens is doing the criticizing. Yes, Trump is inciting his supporters to violence, and that should never be condoned. But what about Mittens personally engaging … [Read more...]

Eric Fehrnstrom wrote a column in today's Globe defending Donald Trump. More interesting than his defense of Trump itself is his claim that John Adams's insults of Thomas Jefferson were a lot worse than anything Trump has called his … [Read more...]

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Interesting day for anyone following Cambridge politics. City Council candidate John Sanzone was just outed for his 100+ posts, under his own name, on white nationalist website Stormfront. But I'm more interested in what it says that an … [Read more...]

WBUR's poll says Bostonians don't want the Olympics but others in the state do, if they can bring it to their own towns. So why is this even a debate? Let's say bye bye to the idea of a Boston Olympics and let those who actually want … [Read more...]

Charlie Baker's MBTA is further bleeding itself of resources with a "customer appreciation day". I use The T almost every day. So like any sane regular user, I have a monthly pass, which I don't get a discount on to cover today. So not … [Read more...]

See the last three paragraphs of this Dorchester Reporter article. “When you have one side dominating the crowd, it’s not a true process,” Walsh told the Reporter. “Let the actual community ask the questions.” So what are we then, … [Read more...]

When Deval Patrick was Governor we had shuttle buses to address severe service interruptions. Where are they now? I spent 30 min at Andrew waiting for a southbound train while the announcements came over the intercom every 5 telling me … [Read more...]