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...]

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...]

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...]

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...]

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...]

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...]

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...]

Dear BMG community: Yes, we're doing a thing, again. I hope you can watch this Sunday on YouTube, or streaming at the Blue Mass. Group Facebook page; and contribute what you can: https://secure.actblue.com/donate/note-oriousrbg Thanks -- … [Read more...]