"We're fools but not liars."Ha ha, I know, I know... they're both. … [Read more...]
Another Trio of Special Elections
1st Bristol - Foxboro and half of Mansfield & NortonState Rep. Michael Coppola, R-Foxboro, died of cancer earlier this year. His widow, Ginny Coppola, has been recruited to run to replace him. She has some state house experience, having … [Read more...]
More thoughts on the Delahunt-Chavez oil deal
Thanks to Ken at Dirty Water for noting a different take on the Delahunt-Chavez oil deal. Steve Bailey, one of the Globe's business columnists, writes that he's no Bush fan, but he still doesn't like Hugo Chavez … [Read more...]
Get the blue laws out of this blue state
Please, please, will someone repeal our ghastly blue laws? It's ridiculous enough that our chief law enforcement officer, Attorney General and would-be Governor Tom Reilly, had nothing better to do one day this week than to write a … [Read more...]
My open source software full disclosure
Here's my full disclosure regarding open-source/Free software issues: My brother once worked for the Free Software Foundation, which essentially invented open-source; he now works for, and I have stock in, Red Hat, a company which makes … [Read more...]
Happy Thanksgiving
I'm heading off to the homestead for the traditional gathering of family and friends, and the annual exercise in overeating. I chipped in a donation to Rosie's Place this morning. If you have a chance, pick a similarly worthy … [Read more...]
Oh the huM&Mity!
The NYT reports: In a replay of a similar 1997 incident, the M&M balloon at the Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade in New York City flew out of control, struck a lightpost, and fell to the ground. Two people suffered minor … [Read more...]
Willard Shows His Colors
The Charlotte Observer reports that Willard's Commonwealth PAC recently gave $2,000 to South Carolina Senator Jim DeMint and $1,000 to Rep. Joe Wilson, R-S.C. DeMint favors eliminating the IRS and Federal income tax. When he was in the … [Read more...]
The Good Old Boys Strike Again
Kudos to our absentee Governor for vetoing the bill passed by the Gold Old Boys in the House and Senate that would have placed new restrictions on wine shipments via mail. The Legislature acted after the U.S. Supreme Court ruled earlier … [Read more...]
Phoenix profiles O’Flaherty and Schiavone
Adam Reilly (who else?) writes up an interesting piece on this very interesting race that pits Christopher Schiavone, a gay ex-priest, against incumbent Rep. Eugene O'Flaherty (D-Chelsea), a non-gay F-bomb-tossing Irishman (part of his … [Read more...]