Buzz Feed is reporting that Stump ordered his attorney, Michael Cohen, to SUBORN (to induce a witness to give false testimony) about his Moscow Tower project before Congress. Lying to Congress is a crime. Article One of Richard … [Read more...]
A New Generation of Women Will Change Beacon Hill
Beacon Hill: where the coffee is strong and so are the Women Politicians are human. Occasional bad behavior should come as no surprise. What matters is what is done about it. And recently sworn-in Rep. Lindsay Sabadosa (D-Northampton) and … [Read more...]
Writer’s block: A nice experiment; but we’re opting out of Gutenberg for now
Well, we tried the new WordPress text editor with blocks, called "Gutenberg". It was interesting! But a little klutzy, and honestly not that well-suited to this site for most of us, I suspect. So I installed a plug-in that restores the … [Read more...]
Warming Winters Pushing Boston Snow to Extremes
Through January 17, Logan Airport has its least snow on record dating back to 1936. The Boston Globe story covering this, unbelievably, didn't even mention of global warming. Here's our current list of winters with the first inch of snow … [Read more...]
South Shore Fury at Baker’s compressor approval
The confluence of climate concern and NIMBY environmental concerns (not a bad thing) may prove to be the political force that puts an end to fossil fuel infrastructure buildout in Massachusetts for good. And not a moment too soon: As a new … [Read more...]
Nope. We’re not going to do that here.
I turned off commenting on the Alice Walker thread, since I was very afraid it was veering into excusing Walker's anti-Semitism. I've had a while to think about it. a. On process: As editor, I'm certainly within my rights to … [Read more...]
Are we actively managing our energy transition? Or foot-dragging?
In Massachusetts, one can discern a relatively small world of people who have outsize influence in our public policy. Their views are reflected as the establishment voice of the Boston Globe editorial page; represented in Commonwealth … [Read more...]
Hang on there, Ayanna Pressley!
[Editor's note: Pressley has issued a clarifying statement:] "Last week, in support of a fellow Congresswoman, I chose a quote from Alice Walker. Like many, the Color Purple has carried deep meaning for me … [Read more...]
Clinton warned us about ‘Putin’s Puppet’
Now we learn that our own FBI believed the ample fetid 'ASSet' was working for the Russians. In their last debate, Hillary Clinton nailed the co-conspirator : "It is pretty clear you won't admit that the Russians have engaged in … [Read more...]
How did we do? A look at last year’s predictions.
We had a prediction thread before the start of 2018, so it's worth taking a look at how well we prognosticated the wacky year that transpired. Last year's predictions started with a quote from Newt Gingrich on Fox News: The great … [Read more...]
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