We've been calling for it. And we seem to be getting it. We've said that Rep. Neal needs a primary challenger, and Mayor Alex Morse of Holyoke seems to be stepping up. Springfield Republican's Jim Kinney reports: “I’ve been meeting with … [Read more...]
MBTA: Reviewing the road to ruin, 2006-present
At some point, we reach a reckoning point for political and policy wisdom: The rewards for long-term thinking come to fruition (though often under-appreciated); and the bills for political cowardice and short-sightedness come due. How … [Read more...]
Democrats Win When We Fight
Like fictional character Bruno Gianelli, I am tired of cowering in a corner. For those not familiar with this 20 year old speech here’s how it goes: Because I'm tired of working for candidates who make me think that I should be embarrassed … [Read more...]
Obama’s humanity
I was so moved when reading this heartwarming letter President Obama recently wrote to Danielle Metz; a prisoner he had granted clemency to for drug offenses related to her husband's cocaine-trafficking ring. In 1993 she was sentenced to … [Read more...]
Weymouth Compressor blows up — politically
Update: Commissioner Suuberg has approved the permit. This fight will go on, in court. This thing has gone statewide, folks: 29 State Senators signed a letter to Mass. Department of Environmental Protection Commissioner Martin Suuberg, … [Read more...]
Swalwell Gets Primary Challenger, Drops Out. Moulton Already Has Two, When Will He?
Initial reports of Eric Swalwell dropping out of the 2020 presidential election were treated with jubilee on twitter. Many Democrats are grateful to him for being the first also-ran to come to his senses and drop out. Even he seemed to … [Read more...]
Shut up about the Weymouth compressor already, willya?
Honestly, why should anyone outside of the Fore River Basin care about the compressor getting built? You might live 15, 25, 35 miles away from it and you’d never know the compressor existed. You’d never have to drive over the Fore River … [Read more...]
Grading Gov. Baker on the Patrick scale
Hello everyone -- hoping your 4th was restful, safe, genuinely patriotic, and tank-free. I want to play off of nopolitician's trenchant observation regarding the latest RMV failure: If Democrats want to take back the corner office, they … [Read more...]
How Do You Pay for the Green New Deal: Cost of Fuel
I did some back of the envelope estimates of the cost of the fossil fuels we use in a year. The source of these figures is the USA DOE Energy Information Agency https://www.eia.gov/tools/faqs/faq.php But any mistakes in arithmetic are … [Read more...]
More lies about busing in Boston
The Boston Globe ran another self-serving and dishonest opinion piece about busing today, this one by Jeff Jacoby. It does not deserve to be quoted, and I won't. As is virtually ALWAYS the case in the self-serving whines about busing … [Read more...]
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