First things first: Don't read me, read MLK's Letter from a Birmingham Jail, for a poke and prod of motivation. I must make two honest confessions to you, my Christian and Jewish brothers. First, I must confess that over the past few years … [Read more...]
Why won’t Charlie Baker sign the climate bill?
UPDATE: Speaker Mariano and Senate President Spilka have indicated that if Baker vetoes, or pocket-vetoes the bill, they're just going to refile it -- and presumably pass it with a veto-proof majority. In other words, Baker might as well … [Read more...]
Ed Markey on yesterday’s attempted coup
I'm glad we kept this guy. It's hard to write about yesterday's events over my overwhelming disgust. What can one say? The clownishness and absurdity of yesterday's desecration doesn't diminish its horror. I think the comparison … [Read more...]
Georgia
Open thread. What’s going to happen? So far looks good ... this feels like one of those creaky wooden roller-coaster rides. Again. The only thing I think I know is this: Stacey Abrams has done it right, and from the ground up, … [Read more...]
The Mariano era begins
Ron Mariano is your new Speaker. This is like the motion of tectonic plates: Things move underground, but nothing changes above. The end of an era. What kind of era -- well, you can describe it yourself. I'd say DeLeo generally did what … [Read more...]
In case there’s any doubt
I delete posts that have anti-Semitism, racism, homophobia, etc. Don’t wonder, don’t complain. If you do it, it’s gone. And you’ll be gone. … [Read more...]
Ron Mariano for Speaker, huh? BMG (and the internet) remembers!
The name "Ron Mariano" and "Capital Grille" are joined in my mind, like "dental plan" and "Lisa needs braces" ... Why? I knew there was something. And friends, this is why we have "institutional memory", so that at the moment of … [Read more...]
Quick hits
Hello everyone. Been a while, since I've been neck-deep in my program at Tufts. My energy class (more on that later) got an extension on a paper, and it's a snow day, so I'll duck in and highlight a few stories that shouldn't be … [Read more...]
Good luck America.
Well here we go. The clock on the right sidebar has wound down to one day. I've been absent from the site since a.) I'm in school again, getting a mid-career masters at Tufts, and b.) otherwise occupied doing the concert, and phone calls, … [Read more...]
Eviction moratorium has expired; an barbaric act of neglect by DeLeo and Baker
Sorry I've been away ... very busy with the fundraiser. I wish you very best of luck in your activities, busy getting out the vote for November. Nonetheless, I can't turn away from our own, homegrown banality-of-evil political scene … [Read more...]