It’s not showtime yet, but auditions are underway for the big stage of the 2024 Summer Games here in our wee burg of Boston. Somehow Boston edged our the U.S. competition to become the USOC pick. Now of course, it will go up against … [Read more...]
Archives for January 2015
CDM’s New Year’s Resolutions
The mad frenzy that comes to characterize election season has at long last come to a close, and the College Democrats of Massachusetts look to join Democrats and Republicans across the Commonwealth in moving forward this spring with the … [Read more...]
Joke Revue: Most Americans Now Consider Romney a Stalker
Borowitz Poll: Most Americans Now Consider Romney a Stalker WASHINGTON (The Borowitz Report)—In a possible setback for Mitt Romney’s latest Presidential ambitions, a new poll reveals that a majority of Americans now regard the … [Read more...]
BMG pizza party/fundraiser Friday at 6:30! Senators Eldridge and Jehlen join your editors!
We have lots of good things to report regarding Friday's big event! Most important is that it's still happening this Friday, Jan. 23, starting at 6:30 pm, at Bertucci's in Medford (free pizza and rolls, cash bar). Details are in this … [Read more...]
WHY MUST WE PUT UP WITH DAILY BRAWLS?
Just a reminder that our current civic saints were not universally beloved ... in fact, they are saints precisely because they were prepared to not be universally loved. August 9, 1966 - WHY MUST WE PUT UP WITH DAILY BRAWLS? | Chicago … [Read more...]
Boston Olympics as Development Stalking Horse?
Went to see Evan Falchuk talk at The Humanist Hub in Harvard Square on Sunday. Wanted to ask him about running a political campaign as a practical, grassroots organizing venture where you leave something active behind whether you win or … [Read more...]
Senate Rules can still be vastly improved to achieve “Shared Leadership”
I applaud Senate President Stanley Rosenberg for his message of shared leadership, and think the new Senate Rules he drafted are a good symbol of that message. They provide much more transparency in the legislative process. Unfortunately, … [Read more...]
Martha Coakley’s immediate future
After leaving office this week she will join WCVB as Chief Legal Analyst covering the Hernandez and Tsarnaev trials and will begin a fellowship at te Kennedy School of Government. … [Read more...]
“I Have A Dream”… updated!
The National Archives has a pdf of the famous MLK speech. Read it today. Here is an excerpt, wherein King speaks to the many who protested knowing that powerful people would do them harm. I am not unmindful that some of you have come … [Read more...]
What Does the Globe Poll Really Say about Support for Boston 2024?
On Friday, the Boston Globe released the first post-USOC announcement poll about how people in Boston and Massachusetts as a whole feel about the city's 2024 Olympic bid. This poll has been widely cited as saying that the people in the city … [Read more...]
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