It was days after our lunch, on Tuesday, that Menino did make his bid for an unprecedented fifth term official. No surprise there. I think the surprise will be how Menino runs his campaign. In this modern-day pandemic of cyber … [Read more...]
Archives for April 21, 2009
Earth Day Open Thread?
--recycling work paper through a co-worker who takes it to his son's school. --replacing two drafty windows and making plans to replace more. For the next year my goals are: --farmer's markets (for the environment and my health) --look into … [Read more...]
1 Amendment Down, 977 To Go…
First off, let's find General Laws. A search on Mass.gov for "2006 General Laws 2006 Official" yielded a helpful "Quick Link" to General Laws. So far so good. The General Laws are listed in five parts. Looking at the text of … [Read more...]
Quinn Bill Fiasco
Any research into this legal form of payola to the police quickly shows what a farce this is. Salaries in most occupations are based on merit, not educational levels. If I was a bad cop and could not get a raise, I would opt to get a … [Read more...]
Can Politicians Save Newspapers?
(Cross-posted from the MS&L blog, The PR FinishLine - http://prfinishline.blogspot.c... The headlines are cascading in about the impending demise of newspapers. The headlines have been particularly breathless in the very papers on the … [Read more...]
Stiglitz: Obama Team Fumbling Recovery
Nobel prize winner Joe Stiglitz in a recent Bloomberg article reaffirmed and updated the general thesis advanced by Paul Krugman and MIT's Simon Johnson and previously discussed on this page: we're being taken for a ride by the financial … [Read more...]
Did Foxwoods know the accused Craigslist killer was an out-of-control gambler?
According to the Herald (and now the Globe): Cops are eyeing gambling woes as a possible motive for accused Craigslist killer Philip Markoff's alleged assaults on Boston-area escorts, one of whom was brutally gunned down in a Hub hotel … [Read more...]
Getting through this economic mess requires a different trajectory
While many economists will tell you this crisis came out of nowhere, economic theory actually could have pointed the way. A fundamental reality of our economy that economists across the spectrum have repeated in recent months is that … [Read more...]
When the pie is too small – it is time to bake more pies
Link to One Massachusetts website: http://onemassachusetts.org/ I strongly recommend examining the "Virtual Rally" link Link to the House Budget site: http://www.mass.gov/legis/10bu... [I strongly recommend reading House Ways … [Read more...]
US boycotts UN racism conference
President Obama has apparently decided that we will not be represented at the UN racism conference in Switzerland. I really don't understand this. The concern is apparently that there will be an anti-Israel bent to it. To … [Read more...]