Just to amplify another experienced, reality-based voice calling out the Boston Globe for its series (!) of pro-pipeline editorials. This time it's former Department of Public Utilities chair Ann Berwick -- but stop me if you've heard this … [Read more...]
It is Mandatory for Players to Stand . . .
. . . every time someone sings the words "land of the Free." … [Read more...]
RBIs should win in a walk
While we lament that Bob DeLeo's is the House Where Hope Goes To Die/Why We Can't Have Nice Things, the Senate continues to do good and creative work -- even in spite of, uh, recent distractions. Sen. Eric Lesser has a Budget Amendment … [Read more...]
Comment of the day: “Clean Peak is junk planning”
Tommy Vitolo, our stomv, is a PhD energy expert at Synapse Energy. He is also a candidate for State Rep in Brookline, whom one should support enthusiastically and without reservation, natch. He, uh, demurs from Secretary Beaton's strategy … [Read more...]
Update to Dem primary page
I've made some updates to the Dem primary page, based on OCPF reports. Please do check it out and let me know what I'm missing or getting wrong. The local media coverage of these races has always been frustratingly light. But in doing … [Read more...]
Does Charlie Baker’s duck-and-cover strategy matter?
Governor Baker has a habit of trying to skip questions he finds inconvenient, usually by declaring them outside his purview as governor. Even as a candidate in 2010, he infamously declared himself "absolutely not smart enough" to know if … [Read more...]
Elections have consequences
From a Twitter friend : " SCOTUS rules 5/4 for employers against class action arbitration cases. In a victory for employers and the Trump administration, the Supreme Court on Monday said that employers could block employees from banding … [Read more...]
Google joins the net neutrality war
I was invited to join Google's new "Youtube TV" — just in time for the announced 15-Jun-2018 termination of the current net neutrality regulations. In a post-Democracy Trumpist world, this strikes me as the best way yet to spank Comcast, … [Read more...]
The Global Plutocracy Story
With the news of Saudi and UAE meetings with the Trmp campaign, Jeet Heer, staff writer at the New Republic, points out that the “so called Russia story is a global plutocracy story” and I believe he is correct. In fact, the global … [Read more...]
Bond. Environmental bond.
I went to the Environmental Bond hearing on Tuesday at the State House, and heard most of Secretary Beaton's presentation. The $1.4 billion bond bill, submitted by the Governor, is mostly a re-authorization of spending items in the $2.2 … [Read more...]
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