I'm sorry, but today I witnessed Congress spending more time and effort on whether Rocket Roger used HGH than I've ever seen congressional time and effort on the impending collapse of Social Security, national security, a solution to … [Read more...]

Hillary's opening salvo in NH is "I'm the only candidate who can withstand scrutiny."  Rather makes Bill Shaheen's "unauthorized" statement to the same effect that resulted in his resignation from the Clinton campaign seem not so … [Read more...]

A noun, a verb, 9/11 & a disclaimer? … [Read more...]

But BMG carried this discussion in May 2006 with a creative and legal solution:  http://www.bluemassg...Update:  the Tufts/Yale study is being featured in the January 2008 edition of Political Science Quarterly.  So are we … [Read more...]

Say what you will about the war in Iraq, or Bush, or Republicans in general, I've always been impressed with the fact that no one on any side of the debate has attacked our soldiers.  Until now.  The MoveOn attack on General … [Read more...]

I saw this today and thought it'd be a good post to share with this group, from Leonardo Da Vinci (the original in Italian, of course):"I have been impressed with the urgency of doing.  Knowing is not enough, we must apply.  Being … [Read more...]

A while back, I asked if anyone had heard of using local community access cable TV with live telephone call in so residents could participate in municipal meetings and discussions from their own homes.  http://www.bluemassg...  No … [Read more...]

http://www.beachnbil...  Innovative way to pay for beach maintenance in other states.  You know, the ones with clean sand in urban areas.Okay, okay.  Say what you will.  The fact is that our urban beaches look like trash … [Read more...]

The Affordable Housing Committee in my town has proposed to conduct a public forum on creating more housing choices by broadcasting the meeting live on community access television so that residents can dial in and participate during the … [Read more...]

Say it ain't so Deval!  After four years of web-based Executive budgets, which permit instant and complete transparency in the budget process and which in turn led the House and Senate to compile their budgets online as well, the State … [Read more...]