Are you at all surprised? Recently we learned that Our Guv is concerned about the $295-per-employee assessment in the House/Senate compromise. Said he might veto the bill.This is a broken record: We taxpayers are paying $213 million for the … [Read more...]
Mihos gets old school
...real old school. Like, George Washington.WHEN GEORGE Washington announced his intent to depart the presidency, he left the American people with a stern warning regarding political parties: ''They are likely in the course of time and … [Read more...]
Of Blogs and Spheres
Responding to David's presentation at DCI this past weekend, esteemed commenter eury 13 asked the question that we should all be asking ourselves:So how do we avoid the bubble effect? How to we make sure that we're actually connecting with … [Read more...]
How to protest like a moron
Two Pace University students heckled Bill Clinton today, calling him a "war criminal".You know, we've got a President now who has set up a gulag archipelago from Cuba to Eastern Europe to Afghanistan; who has countenanced the worst possible … [Read more...]
Pollin’ pollin’ pollin’: It’s a horse race…
New poll out: CBS4/SurveyUSA, 700 voters: Healey 35%, Patrick 30%, Mihos 20% Reilly 36%, Healey 31%, Mihos 22% Link from CBS4/Jon Keller. Mihos says he's "stunned". Keller calls it a "boomlet" for Mihos. Whatever. It's March. Eight … [Read more...]
Weekend-end horse-race hash
In spite of David's praise of the Herald's recent political coverage, I recently remarked to someone that the Herald was the place to read about "potholes in Southie"; I made myself chuckle, but I'm probably wrong. (Lesson: Don't make … [Read more...]
Two health care stories in the Globe
And neither really deal with the current DiMasi-Trav compromise, such as it is:*Eileen McNamara wonders how the working poor will fare under the eventual bill. These would be the folks most helped by an honest-to-God Medicaid expansion, … [Read more...]
Herald sheds tears for non-insuring businesses
Very ... somber ... indeed ...(cue Barber's Adagio)In a stare-down with House Speaker Sal DiMasi, the business community was the first to blink. Sadly their members could be paying the price for decades. You call a measly 295 bucks a year … [Read more...]
Book Tour: “Proud To Be Liberal”
Bill Scher (of Liberal Oasis) and Steve Almond are coming to the Boston area to promote a new collection of essays to which they contributed, "Proud To Be Liberal". I was a fan of Liberal Oasis before I put two and two together and … [Read more...]
This column needs an enema.
"Jon Stewart undermines any remaining earnestness that liberals in America might still possess."Don't laugh at politicians, Jon Stewart; they're our friendssssss!Yeah, our problem is that young libs are ending up at Morgan Stanley because … [Read more...]
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