2006 is starting off badly for Members of Congress who took money and favors from disgraced lobbyist Jack Abramoff. Abramoff's attorney today announced that Abramoff has agreed to plead guilty to two criminal charges and also agreed … [Read more...]
Binding Arbitration for Transit Disputes
Meyer S. Frucher, chairman of the Philadelphia Stock Exchange and director of the New York Governor's Office of Employee Relations from 1978 to 1983, and Joseph M. Bress, who held the same position from 1990 to 1994 and is now vice … [Read more...]
Globe, Kerry weigh in on 1st Bristol election
Until now, coverage of the 1st Bristol special election in the print press has been limited to one early piece in the Attleboro Sun-Chronicle (of which only a brief stub was posted online), and another article that appeared in both the … [Read more...]
The Great Divider
BUSH AT YEAR-ENDBy William FisherMy editors, as well as many friends around the world, have been urging me to write something about how I think about George W. Bush as 2005 ends and a new year begins.I was reluctant because I have been … [Read more...]
Predictions for 2006
OK, here goes. I reserve the right to be totally, embarrassingly, wrong.The confirmation hearings for Supreme Court nominee Samuel Alito will be the most contentious since Clarence Thomas and will regularly make the evening … [Read more...]
Bold Predictions for New Year! (with poll)
Hey, I think I was right about Social Security "Reform" being the <a href="http://bluemassgroup.com/showDiary.do?diaryId=68">Great Thud of Non-Event in 2005. Gay marriage controversy doesn't seem to be going away, but more and more … [Read more...]
Bonifaz to speak at out-of-Iraq event in Cambridge 1/7
The After Downing Street coalition is holding an event on January 7, in Cambridge, at which Secretary of State candidate John Bonifaz will speak. Full information on the event, including where to register, is posted on our calendar … [Read more...]
Zoning out
Thursday, Prof. Edward Glaeser (of Harvard's Rappaport Institute for Greater Boston) and associates discuss a new report on zoning and housing prices: Among other things, how two-acre-minimum lot sizes make things expensive, but free up … [Read more...]