Today Facebook is abuzz about a scathing Huffington Post article that focuses on US Atty Carmen Ortiz and her penchant for going after good guys to generate headlines for herself while destroying the reputations of others. WBZ Jon Keller … [Read more...]
Archives for July 2016
How much is enough?
Bill and Hillary have a net worth of over $110,000,000 and Donald Trump has a net worth in excess of $1,000,000,000. BOTH candidates are asking people to donate money for their campaigns. It only takes $75,000 a year to be … [Read more...]
Contest!
I'm announcing a contest here and now, prize to be a couple rounds next time the winner and I are at the same watering hole. (If we ever hold a Sammitsch outside of the immediate Boston area, all the better. Progressives often forget that … [Read more...]
You should know about the death of Bob Spangenberg and that he mattered
Here is the Obituary as sent out by the Chief Counsel of the Committee for Public Counsel Services, the organization tasked with providing attorneys and access to justice for the poorest of the poor. I was a part of the fight described in … [Read more...]
July BMG Stammtisch tonight
The Saloon Talk about the fireworks (real and political). Come, enjoy some libations, and talk politics. This is the last Stammtisch before the conventions. Our now-regular monthly BMG Stammtisch will happen tomorrow evening — 6-July … [Read more...]
The West Roxbury pipeline protests are amazing.
At some point everyone's going to realize these pipeline protests -- especially in West Roxbury -- are a BFD. They're working -- galvanizing opposition, creating public awareness, and turning the entire issue from an business-as-usual fait … [Read more...]
A Sheriff’s Star is not the same as a Star of David!
This is a Sheriff's Star. This is a Star of David. They are not interchangeable! They are not geometrically the same! We already know that there is no one in the GOP that is going to identify the latest anti=Semitic attack on HRC … [Read more...]
Boston Pops Fourth – RIP
If this is the final Fourth on the Esplanade, it is a homicide. Pure and simple, it was killed by CBS. David Mugar has given the keys to the kingdom to CBS, a national broadcast in exchange for letting CBS dictate the show. As I write … [Read more...]
“The Meaning of July Fourth for the Negro”
I recently moved from Cambridge to rural Vermont and am so delighted to live in a town that chose to do a community reading of one of the most important speeches on July 4th. Members of the community took turns reading parts of Frederick … [Read more...]
Three Close Senate Races
I'm always surprised by the number of fundraising appeals I get. It's not unusual at all to get fundraising appeals from Senate candidates who aren't even running in the current cycle. It's always struck me as useful to know what races are … [Read more...]