So, a week after John Edwards begins his national tour for poverty awareness, House Republicans revealed their poverty program: Grind the middle class and poor into dust.Republicans began targeting key programs for budget cuts … [Read more...]
Reminder: Health Care rally at State House tomorrow
A reminder: you can make your voice heard for ambitious health care reform tomorrow at the State House at noon. This is in support of the MassACT initiative, which would increase access to health care and reduce premiums across the board. … [Read more...]
Separated at birth?
The plane to Spain has stained O’Flaherty’s name
Rep. Gene O'Flaherty (Chelsea), after helping water down the anti-drunk-driving "Melanie's Bill", leaves the country for Spain? Gene-O and co., the "optics" of that leave something to be desired.And on the substance of … [Read more...]
John Edwards and moral leadership
Unfortunately, because of work commitments, I came to the Harvard Kennedy School of Government courtyard about halfway into his speech. There were a few hundred people there, I would guess. (A well-dressed and alert-looking fellow stopped … [Read more...]
Health Care: All eyes on us
Hey, this is cool: Joshua Kendall's nifty, elegant article in the Globe on the weird history of our employment-based health care system ("Why is healthcare tied to the workplace?") has been noticed by a couple of observers … [Read more...]
Who wants to be LG?
How does a Lieutenant Governor accomplish those goals? Given the lack of a strict job definition, can an LG be something of a free agent diplomat of the administration? Silbert sees herself as a liaison between state government and the … [Read more...]
National disgrace
If you weren't mad enough about our government's response to Katrina or the state of our national health care non-system, see this article from the LA Times (reg. required but recommended -- thanks to cousin Erik in LA for the … [Read more...]
MA to nation: We’re sorry
To the nation, and to the other members of the Massachusetts congressional delegation who did their duty by opposing the oil refinery subsidy/environmental destruction bill in the House, which infamously passed by a 2-vote margin after … [Read more...]
Housing — Is Menino out to lunch?
I heard a snippet of last night's debate between Boston's Mayor Menino and challenger Maura Hennigan on 'BUR this morning. I was struck by Menino's touting of the city's growth in "affordable housing" -- 16,000 units worth since … [Read more...]
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