The article continues: Brooklyn District Court Judge David Trager cited the need for national security and secrecy in making his decision, but also raised the possibility of Canadian complicity in the decision to send Arar to Syria.As in … [Read more...]
War Over Willard’s Title on Wikipedia
An interesting debate at Wikipedia over the proper title for His Excellency the Governor. As devoted readers of the blog know, this title (generally accompanied on this page by a virtually sardonic curl of the lip) is, in fact, the correct … [Read more...]
Both papers praise Foy, criticize Romney
The Globe and the Herald both published editorials today praising outgoing Secretary of Commonwealth Development Doug Foy, who announced a couple of days ago that he is resigning from the Romney administration.Herald:Foy made good use of … [Read more...]
The $64 “compromise”?
David posted three documents leaked by the Senate purporting to be part of the Senate's "compromise" health care plan. He's cautiously optimistic about what it means; but I'm pretty sure it doesn't mean much of anything.First off, look at … [Read more...]
Galluccio Attended Drunk Driving Panel
Interestingly, Cambridge City Councillor Anthony Galluccio, accused of drunk driving in a Channel 5 news broadcast yesterday by three other drivers who were involved in a four-car accident he caused in December, attended a hearing of the … [Read more...]
Some thoughts on the Senate health care compromise
Courtesy of our very own sharpchick, we have access to a copy of a "confidential" health care compromise that was proposed by the Senate, but rejected by the House. State House News posted a copy of the whole thing at their site.It's … [Read more...]
All Candidates for Corner Office to appear in same place …
Life emplyoing Tom Finneran is working out just fine for Bio Tech. Then again, Tom isn't exactly lobbying for an unpopular industry.http://www.genengnews.com/news/bnitem.aspx?name=1176794XSL_NEWSML_TO_NEWSML.xmlLooks like Tom, Deval, … [Read more...]
Details of Senate compromise on Health Care bill
Statehouse news has the details here. The good news, you don't need to be able to log in. Haven't read it, and don't really have time to right now, but I thought you guys might enjoy. … [Read more...]