While I applaud Ted Kennedy (and I'm no fan of his) for taking a principled stand and endorsing Barack Obama, I can't help wondering what the implications for Massachusetts might be should Clinton win the Democratic nomination and go on to … [Read more...]

Yesterday there was a lot of complaining about the Pike.  Perhaps this is one solution.  Before progressives everywhere wail about the evil, profit-motivated private sector getting their mitts on public infrastructure, you should … [Read more...]

The tragedy is that honest, law-abiding citizens, like Elizabeth, fearing for their lives, do not have the opportunity to protect themselves from superior and deadly force.Everyone saw this coming, but the law was unable to prevent these 3 … [Read more...]

Here a Big Dig contractor admits guilt in supplying substandard concrete to the project.Why aren't indictments being sought for the folks who accepted these batches?  As a matter of routine, on each pour, sample are taken and left … [Read more...]

How many towns and cities have the same problem as the MBTA?I know in 2 suburban towns, where I have poked around looking at their financial health, I was told that they do not even calculate, let alone record on the books as a contingent … [Read more...]

Did Eileen Donoghue miss high school civic class?How SCOTUS judges are seated is pretty basic stuff even rookie politicians should know.Is this the sort of person we want representing the Commonwealth? … [Read more...]

In their most recent report on labor trends the economy, MassInc  paints a bleak picture.  The 22 page pdf Executive Summary is free.I think anyone here at BMG with influence in the Patrick administration should get the governor … [Read more...]

Finally, a sign of life at Boston City Hall and BPD HQ.  Instead of blaming guns for our city's shooting crimes, the focus in this Globe article shifts the blame exactly where it should be: on the scum commiting doing the shooting.I … [Read more...]

Not that I intend to post an I-told-you-so (ok, maybe I will), but many electrons gave their lives on BMG in pursuit of assumed-covert-CIA-agent Valerie Plame’s “leakers.”  Much psychic energy was expended demanding justice for this … [Read more...]

News of this alarming development should be of some interest to universal-health-care advocates at BMG.  As you know, I certainly do not include myself in that group.Nontheless, San Francisco's experiment will certainly be instructive … [Read more...]