Santorum & the right to privacy.       Student loans - the next bubble of derivatives to burst?  Up to one trillion - and as for newly minted attorneys - only 68% can find jobs in law, at an average salary of … [Read more...]

Senator James Eldridge introduced S. 772;  Lynne Lupien was has provided the wording in her post, as her state senator Eileen Donoghue has signed on as a co-sponsor:  … [Read more...]

Per Athol real estate listings, this house is for sale with a 14,500 square foot lot for $34,500.  Your monthly payment, if you paid the full asking price would be about $200.00 a month.  Not bad.  But, in fact, there are other properties, … [Read more...]

  Just imagine for a moment what an ecologically dirty project like Keystone would look like from out there in space.  Not who stands to make money, but the planet itself. Lobbyists can and DO work full time and overtime to … [Read more...]

Monday February 13th ride the "T" into Copley Square and arrived about 4:30 for a grand, large, classic rally to protect the MBTA for a working Metro Boston!  See … [Read more...]

                                                             Photo by Deborah Sirotkin Butler on instamatic camera 2006 I attended this Faneuil Hall rally for Deval Patrick, primary candidate - just as I put off hip surgery and went to … [Read more...]

                                                                       Courtesy, AP and Lincoln Bookstore You know, it is almost Lincoln's Birthday.  I don't think he would find a lot to be pleased with as to how our courts are managed … [Read more...]

The photo above shows Patrick Scanlon, of the Boston Chapter of Veterans for Peace addressing a Speakout yesterday in Copley Square.  Veterans for Peace are - and I think justifiably - concerned post NDAA about the media coverage of Iran … [Read more...]

Here is a link to the story  http://www.thestatecolumn.com/articles/senate-passes-the-stock-act/  Reportedly, if a U.S. Senator or congressman or staffer indulges in insider trading for their own financial gain, and is convicted, they would … [Read more...]

A year ago, Josh Fox was attending the Academy Awards with a nomination in the documentary devision.  Today, February 1, 2012 he was in cuffs on Capitol Hill.  He had tried to get his crews paperwork approved for video taping.  He has, … [Read more...]