I have always really liked the idea of an events calendar on this page, but the old calendar format (which showed the current month) wasn't very useful - you had to click on a day to see what was happening that day, so it wasn't possible to … [Read more...]
Weekly traffic report
Another milestone: I believe this is the first Sunday-to-Sunday stretch in which we've had over 1,000 unique visitors each day including weekends. Woohoo! … [Read more...]
Happy Evacuation Day
The first shots of the American Revolution were fired in April. 1775 at Lexington and Concord, and you pretty much know this story. After the British suffered surprisingly heavy losses at Lexington and Concord, they marched down Mass. … [Read more...]
10 Reasons To Vote For Gerry Leone
1. Leone a proven record bringing offenders to justice2. He is a professional, not just another politician that knows how to get things done3. The DA's office needs someone to follow in DA Martha Coakley's footsteps, someone with experience … [Read more...]
Has anyone noticed, Deval is black
Deval Patrick has gone from "also running is..." to "strong candidate closing the gap". So now some of my liberal friends have noticed something unusual. He's black. That's right, African-American, non-white, not-Irish, whatever … [Read more...]
One Branch Not The Branch
The NYT notes today that, "This month, former Justice Sandra Day O'Connor told an audience at Georgetown University that a judiciary afraid to stand up to elected officials can lead to dictatorship. Last month, speaking in South Africa, … [Read more...]
Watch PTSD documentary on NECN this week
In case the Hidden Wounds link is bad, here are the air dates:Sunday 3/19 7:00PMMonday 3/20 8:00PMTuesday 3/21 11:00AM and 3:00PMWednesday 3/22 7:00PMThursday 3/23 2:00PMFriday 3/24 4:00 and 10:00PM Saturday 3/25 6:00AM and 8:00PM … [Read more...]
The blogger meets the Grey Lady
Markos Moulitsas Zuniga, otherwise known as "kos," is of course responsible for the most heavily-trafficked liberal blog on the internet. He was interviewed by the NY Times Magazine as part of the publicity blitz for his … [Read more...]
Overheard in South Boston …
The annual South Boston St. Patrick's Day extravaganza is still going on Channel 56, if you're looking for a taste of old-time Boston politics. Jon Keller is posting periodic updates on his blog.My favorite comment so far comes from … [Read more...]
“Don’t Ask Don’t Tell”, your time is through
Having recently separated from active military service, I'm pretty happy to see that there is significant public interest in the military's homosexual policies. See the story published in the Globe this morning: … [Read more...]