While recognizing that TalkingPointsMemo (TPM) can be labeled a "lefty" operation I found this article by Editor Josh Marshall to be well written, factual and with links to back up his position: It is amazing to witness the sheer depths of … [Read more...]
Archives for 2014
Five Public Policy Questions for Republican Karyn Polito
[Cross-posted from the ProgressMass blog. Like ProgressMass on Facebook and follow us on Twitter.] During the 2010 gubernatorial campaign, Republican Charlie Baker and his running mate encountered embarrassing episodes in which they … [Read more...]
Another special election coming: Rep. Kathi-Anne Reinstein (D-Revere) will resign
Globe: One of Massachusetts House Speaker Robert DeLeo’s top deputies plans to resign this month, according to people familiar with the decision, a move that would also remove from House leadership a chief advocate for a casino in … [Read more...]
Michael Moore speaks the unspeakable truth about ACA
Mainly that it's awful, and not nearly as good as single payer. But he goes onto defend it as better than nothing, and also give shoutouts to Vermont for experimenting with single payer and our own State Senator Jamie Eldridge here in … [Read more...]
Raise the minimum wage, but don’t cut unemployment benefits
Rampant income and economic inequality is the most serious challenge we face as a Commonwealth. This morning, single parents working full time minimum wage jobs woke up to earn $8 an hour. To fight income inequality, we need to raise the … [Read more...]
The ACA Health Insurance Providers Fee
There are already a few threads on this subject, but since there seems to be considerable interest I thought it would be better to start a new one to discuss the substance of the Health Insurance Providers Fee imposed by Sec. 9010(a) of the … [Read more...]
Antarctic Sea Ice
A couple decades ago, a smoker I knew smugly pointed out that his aunt, who had smoked all her life, had died of pancreatic cancer. "See! Smoking didn't kill her!" The very next day, a study came out linking pancreatic cancer to … [Read more...]
Breakout the Cudahs and Gatahs, Marty Walsh Is Bringing Back “Mark Morris and the Cat Tunes” for the Inauguration
Ahhh, the 1980s. I'm sure some of you remember them. Others perhaps have heard of them. It was a glorious time for many including coming of age young men from South Boston and Dorchester and their pain -in-the-ass cousins from Milton and … [Read more...]
Congratulations to Mayor Bill de Blasio
Cambridge native and fellow CRLS alumn and Red Sox fan, Bill de Blasio was inaugurated as New York City's Mayor today at 1pm. The new Mayor was sworn in by former President Bill Clinton. Not too far into his address he shouted these … [Read more...]
Obamacare, Health Care, and Taxes, Or How the Crimson Tide Lied
I’ve known for a while that there could be a tax on my health insurance. I still don’t know how much that will be. As a public employee, I have what people would consider good health insurance. I have co-pays, but no deductibles. My … [Read more...]