When Jill Carroll was taken hostage in Iraq, the war of opinions played out most starkly in the blogs, where writers correctly felt free to post a wide range of opinions.Now, weeks later, the print and broadcast media have begun to analyze … [Read more...]
Gabbin’ with Gabrieli — at length!
David asked first: Why run for governor? Gabrieli notes (as does Christy Mihos) that Massachusetts is 46th in job creation. To Gabrieli, the economy is not just a source of opportunity for individuals, but also allows government to expand … [Read more...]
Immigrant Rights March Details for Monday
There are some new logistical details for Monday's Immigrant Rights March. These are posted at http://www.miracoalition.org, but I figured I'd post them here as well--they were news to me! I hope that you'll come out and join … [Read more...]
Harvard Takeover: 37 Years Ago Today
The article continues:On the same day students at Boston University were conducting a tactical retreat after occupying a building for 2½ hours in a protest against the Vietnam War, across the river in Cambridge approximately 30 Harvard … [Read more...]
Uncertainty in Iraq
We switched to another channel, the âBaghdadâ channel (allied with Muhsin Abdul Hameed and his group) and they had the same news item, but instead of the general âcoalition forcesâ they had âAmerican coalition forcesâ. We … [Read more...]
Follow up to April 6th event
Here is some press on the event at Brandeis. I'm really proud to say that there were about 150-160 (give or take) people show up to see Deval speak. The vast majority of which were college students.Press! … [Read more...]
Patrick campaign stumbles on new blog
Yesterday, the Deval Patrick campaign sent out a press release announcing a fancy new feature on the campaign's website: a blog (called "The Source") featuring audio and video clips of Patrick himself and assorted boosters. Pretty … [Read more...]
Michael Sullivan Presents a Strong Case
We spoke today with candidate for Middlesex County Clerk Michael Sullivan, a veteran of the state judicial process, Cambridge City Council member for the past 12 years, and Mayor of Cambridge from 2002 until earlier this year.Sullivan made … [Read more...]