The Herald called it a little over a week ago: Julie Teer, at present Romney's State House spokesperson, will leave her state-funded job and move to Romney's CommonwealthPAC that is serving as his presidential campaign operation. Teer … [Read more...]
A Modest Proposal for Health Care Reform
It is a melancholy object to those who walk through this great town or travel in the country, when they see the streets, the roads, and cabin doors, crowded with beggars of the female sex, followed by three, four, or six children, all in … [Read more...]
Weekly traffic report
Hey Adrian: check the website!
Adrian Walker has an interesting column in today's Globe about Saturday's Deval Patrick rally at Faneuil Hall, and about the Patrick campaign generally. The column strikes me as generally a decent assessment of where the Gov's race … [Read more...]
Rumsfeld on the Importance of History
"I think the biggest problem we've got in the country is people don't study history any more. People who go to school in high schools and colleges, they tend to study current events and call it history. ... There are just too darn few … [Read more...]
Koufax awards – last chance
If you haven't yet voted for Blue Mass. Group in the "Best state or local blog" category, and would like to do so, hustle on over before midnight tonight Monday (see update), at which time voting in the first round closes.Here's the … [Read more...]
GBIO still makin’ noise
Greater Boston Interfaith Organization is keeping the heat on the legislature to make the health care compromise something that actually provides, like, health care. Pretty poor showing from Senators -- what or whom are they afraid of?GBIO … [Read more...]
The faithful vs. the bishops
Here's Margery Eagan (reg. req'd), a lifelong, still-churchgoing, self-described "so-called cafeteria" Catholic, on the bishops' decision to force Catholic Charities out of the adoption business rather than abide by state … [Read more...]