This morning, Trump retweeted a meme tweeted at him driving a golf ball at Hillary Clinton --- hitting her in the back and knocking her down. Understand. To his twisted mind, Secretary Clinton captured too much admiration this week with … [Read more...]
Admiration for Hillary Clinton
I was overwhelmed with emotion as I watched Secretary Clinton's candid interview for the full hour on MSNBC's Rachel Maddow last night talking about her new memoir - "What Happened" - and felt cheated that we were robbed of her presidency … [Read more...]
Building an Economy that Works for Everyone
The idea of the American dream is that if you work hard and do your part, you can get ahead. Even if you are born poor or immigrate to this country with nothing but the clothes on your back, if you work hard, you and your children should be … [Read more...]
Medicare-For-All Is A Great Rallying Cry. Here’s What It Needs To Be A Great Bill.
Been away awhile, lots of work, summer, etc. Had a few thoughts on Medicare-For-All, turned into something a bit longer, so I thought I'd post it. Hope you enjoy. Thrilled to see the excitement over the Medicare-For-All bill introduced … [Read more...]
What “magic” happens when I reach 65?
If Medicare is something that all Democrats support when I reach the age of 65, why are so many, including the Democratic leaders of the House, Senate, the party and our last presidential nominee NOT in favor of Medicare for me when I was … [Read more...]
Political Group Forms to Challenge Speaker’s Power
Massachusetts Voters for Legislative Reform to Hold First Meeting on October 7th Milford, Mass., (Sept. 14th) - Massachusetts Voters for Legislative Reform (MVLR) will hold its first organizing meeting on Saturday, October 7th at 1 p.m. … [Read more...]
State of the Race for 3rd CD
State Senator Barbara L'Italien (D-Andover) announced today that she is exploring a race for the House seat currently held by Niki Tsongas. By my count, this brings the number of Dem candidates to three and so far all are from Andover. In … [Read more...]
Some Tea Leaves on Abortion Politics in 2017?
As Politico's Laura Dezenski observes in today's Playbook, Republican U.S. Senate candidate Geoff Diehl has promised to collect signatures for a ballot question to lower the state sales tax to five percent, a move apparently calculated to … [Read more...]
Lynching in New England
Rope burns on the neck of 8 year old victim The Washington Post reports today of the attempted lynching of an 8 year old bi-racial boy by a group of children just a few weeks ago in Claremont NH (emphasis mine): It was around 5 p.m. on … [Read more...]
Wishing a happy birthday to New Zealand Ambassador and former Senator Scott Brown
who once gave us a valuable lesson on the topic of delayed gratification. … [Read more...]