Ray Dooley, architect of Ray Flynn's longshot win for Mayor of Boston, chief of staff to Congressman Joe Kennedy and friend to a lot of those of us who love politics and policy passed away yesterday of pancreatic cancer. He was … [Read more...]
Kick out illegal immigrants? It’s the economy, stupid!
Itâs easy to say letâs kick them all out, but let's talk about what that would really mean. $970 billion in goods and services would stop being produced, $7 billion dollars in social security and $1.5 billion in Medicare contributions … [Read more...]
Income tax rollback: Are the operatives right?
So far none of the Democratic candidates favor my tax position, which is to neither raise nor cut taxes (and all you Deval folks who dispute the notion that he has not advocated new taxes are just wrong). In reading BCDâs post (that … [Read more...]
USA: Isolationist or Interventionist
Michael Barone, a Fox News commentator and US News writer, argued in US News a few months ago that the Iraq attack was just the latest installment in an aggressive, expansionist, national history full of war. I personally largely agree with … [Read more...]
Kuttner on health care
This was in Saturday's Globe, now also on The American Prospect's page:Is the new Massachusetts new health plan really a model for reform nationally? Advocates of universal health coverage feel they finally have their nose under the … [Read more...]
Deval Patrick’s campaign cranks up internet operation
AP reports on the first significant advertising buy of the 2006 Governor's race: Deval Patrick's purchase of $50,000-$100,000 of internet advertising. The ads are slated to appear on sites like boston.com and cnn.com, as well as blogs … [Read more...]
Hey Republicans – want to REALLY fix the immigration “problem”?
I haven't followed the current immigration debate all that closely. But as I understand it, the basic issue is that there are a lot of people here illegally, and those people are perceived to be (depending on your point of view) (a) … [Read more...]
Patrick Leads Reilly in New Poll
More deets over at this link at CBS4.I also posted at my blog, MassChange. (Is it kosher to link to my blog like this? Don't want to if it's not...) … [Read more...]