"Whistleblower / Ukraine story may do two things at once: --- increase Democratic appetite for impeachment --- help Biden by underscoring Trump's fear of his nomination." John Harwood If this extortion / corruption doesn't … [Read more...]
Beacon Hill Did a Good Thing-Fix the Formula/Fund our Future Clears Big Hurdle
Beacon Hill did a good thing yesterday. The legislation, known as the Student Opportunity Act, was announced Thursday and is intended to reshape the formula the state uses to fund schools. The main focus of the bill is to provide districts … [Read more...]
Ed Markey deserves another term
Several decades ago, I became involved in the nuclear weapons freeze movement, which many public figures — even supposedly liberal ones — avoided at all costs. It was considered fatally naive, dangerously pacifistic, irresponsibly … [Read more...]
The Democrats’ learned helplessness (was: I’ll be on WGBH Greater Boston tonight)
... Adam Reilly filling in for Braude. Talking Lewandowski, impeachment, and Markey/Kennedy. Update: Here it is. Wish I could be as succinct as my co-panelists Michael Curry and Shannon O'Brien. There are two separate concerns: The … [Read more...]
Paul Brodeur wins Melrose mayoral preliminary
Rep. Paul Brodeur (www.PaulBrodeur.com) won the preliminary election tonight for Mayor of Melrose. The top two winners will face off in the November 5 general election. The percentage vote tally was as follows : Paul Brodeur … [Read more...]
Agrophotovoltaics, Agriphotovoltaics, Solar Sharing
Fraunhofer Institute in Germany has been doing “agrophotovoltaics” studies for the last few years, the concept of producing both crops and solar power on the same land. Their 2018 study results are available here: … [Read more...]
Female Legislators Across the Commonwealth Support Ed Markey
In January 2017, hundreds of thousands of us gathered on Boston Common for the Women’s March. We were angry, alarmed, and in shock after seeing Donald Trump sworn in as President the day before. But as Ed Markey always says--in … [Read more...]
Markey campaign adds new video … what do you think?
While I'm waiting for video, or audio, or transcripts of this weekend's convention speeches from Markey and Joe Kennedy (and Pemberton and Liss-Riordan) ... This is intended to re-introduce Markey to Massachusetts voters. I don't … [Read more...]
AOC endorses Markey as “strong progressive”
This isn't totally unexpected -- at least not by those who are plugged in, but it is very welcome indeed. The single most compelling communicator in the Democratic Party today, freshman phenom Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, has endorsed Ed … [Read more...]
Kate’s Convention Guide
I haven't been posting much, but I thought my Convention Guide would be of interest to folks! When I first started doing this, on Friday evening people would wave pieces of paper at me and say, "I've got my schedule from the Dispatch!" … [Read more...]
- « Previous Page
- 1
- …
- 51
- 52
- 53
- 54
- 55
- …
- 148
- Next Page »