My faculty pool may have lost the Powerball and I'm barely hanging on in my bracket, but I just won a more exciting lottery. I was able to successfully sign up for an April 6 Meet Pete event in Concord, NH. I knew that the candidate was … [Read more...]
Baker–Our Robot Governor
Charlie Baker approaches the crisis in housing affordability with all the integrity of Annie Dookhan approaching a drug test at the state labs. "Rent control will stifle the production of new housing". (quoted in today's Globe). Notice … [Read more...]
Warren’s training
Bad things happening all around, but this is just cool: Your senior senator outruns a TMZ reporter to catch a train: I'm a fan of MA pols who take trains. Also too -- yes indeed, physical vigor is a qualification for President of the … [Read more...]
It’s all out in the open (we still need the report)
The Mueller report is in; we have not seen its substance, only its characterization by Trump's appointed Attorney General and fixer William Barr. Barr had argued at length that the President is incapable of obstruction of justice; so by the … [Read more...]
Fake Justice
What I see every day in the criminal courts bears no resemblance whatsoever to the kid-gloves treatment Donald Trump just got from Robert Mueller. I've watched someone in a district court have their arm figuratively torn from its socket … [Read more...]
After Mueller: Validation that Russia interfered, repudiation of “savior-ism”, Congress and the courts have their jobs, and we have ours
I've been pleased that most of my friends of every political background are taking the initial Mueller report findings (as relayed by Barr) in stride. For those who are concerned about it, here’s my perspective in case it helps-- sharing … [Read more...]
Richard Neal asks for a primary challenge
As has been said countless times: Don't ask if a Green New Deal is realistic; ask if life on Earth without it is realistic. Congressman Richard Neal of Springfield (MA-1) is the lone holdout in the Massachusetts delegation who has not … [Read more...]
Midwest left defenseless by climate-denying pols
Historic flooding, caused by a "bomb cyclone", has struck parts of Nebraska, Iowa, and Missouri, causing damages that will exceed $1.3 billion in Nebraska alone. NOAA predicts this will only get worse this spring: Nearly two-thirds … [Read more...]
Neilsen v. Preap – does Taney ride again?
Chief Justice Taney - remember him? In March of 1857, the United States Supreme Court, led by Chief Justice Roger B. Taney, declared that all blacks -- slaves as well as free -- were not and could never become citizens of the United States. … [Read more...]
Healing Earth (Through the Waters)
John Todd, author of Healing Earth: An Ecologist’s Journey of Innovation and Environmental Stewardship (Berkeley, CA: North Atlantic Books, 2019 ISBN 9781623172985) (https://www.northatlanticbooks.com/shop/healing-earth/), has spent his … [Read more...]
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