Sorry I have been away for a while. Businesses to run. Political philosophy exam to write. U.S. history to study. It all takes a distressing amount of time away from every blogger's great joy: fulmination.Fortunately, I find that in my … [Read more...]
Paul Hodes: Progressive Centrist on the March
New Democratic New Hampshire Congressional Representative Paul Hodes, who calls himself a "progressive centrist" (sounds good to me) chatted today with David and me for about half an hour.Democrats, Hodes said, have to be pleasant but firm. … [Read more...]
MBPC Lists Budget Cutting Alternatives
The independent non-partisan Massachusetts Budget and Policy Center released the following Facts at a Glance memo today: "On November 10, Governor Romney announced that he would exercise his authority under state law (often referred to as … [Read more...]
Berkman Center Video of BMG Blogstravaganza
Alert readers will recall that last week the Berkman Center for Internet & Society at Harvard Law School hosted "Liveblogging the 2006 Election." We called it the Blogstravaganza. VideoBerkman correspondent Indigo Tabor produced a video … [Read more...]
truthout Editorializes: DNC & DCCC Worked Well Together
"How About State Legislatures, Rahm? Democrats nearly doubled the number of states where they control both the legislature and the governor's office. Fifteen state governments are now solidly blue politically, seven more than before the … [Read more...]
The Blogosphere & The Media
A picture tells 1,000 words. Here is Charley blogging the Deval Patrick victory celebration. My computer is to the left. Note that we are seated on the floor, behind the media platform, looking in, as it were, from the outside. A perfect … [Read more...]
Permanent Bases in Iraq
Virginia Senator-elect Jim Webb had an excellent, all to brief, interview on NPR this morning. He highlighted one of the most critical aspects of U.S. policy in Iraq -- and one that has received shockingly little discussion: the string of … [Read more...]
MA Budget and Policy Center: MA taxes 32nd of 50
Additionally, tax levels as a share of personal income have declined more in Massachusetts over the last two-and-a-half decades than in almost any other state. Between FY 1978 and FY 2004, state and local tax revenue as a share of personal … [Read more...]
Fare thee well, little Donny Rumsfeld
THANK YOU!
Deval said after our celebrations this evening we all need to go to work. At BMG, with Mission #1 accomplished (a Democrat in the Governor's office), we're looking forward to more work as well. Before we do that, however, we'd like to … [Read more...]
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