Good post from Cape Cod Works reporting on Deval Patrick's speech, or group Q&A session, or conversation, whatever it turned out to be, in Orleans. (Thanks to Left in Lowell for the tip.)Patrick's approach, like Dean's (and Clinton's, … [Read more...]

Next Wednesday June 8th, 9am at the State House, a coalition of civic groups calling itself ACT (for "Affordable Care Today") is encouraging folks to come to a public hearing on the Health Care Access and Affordability Act (or … [Read more...]

So, the Guv's position on abortion has never really been clear, and this time Mike Murphy opens his mouth and sticks both of Mitt's feet right in there:''He's been a pro-life Mormon faking it as a pro-choice friendly,"Romney adviser … [Read more...]

Young parents are not sticking around MA, maybe because they can get a backyard elsewhere. Here's a Globe column from Charles Stein (thanks to Democrants):Specifically, [demographer Peter Francese] doesn't see enough young people in our … [Read more...]

So here's the long-awaited GBIO action recap. (I'm getting up at 4am tomorrow for a flight, so I won't be revising -- sorry for the typos and syntax.)I arrived a little later than I wanted to, about 6:40. Temple Israel was already swarming … [Read more...]

Well, Wired News shows a report with the incredible, unbelieveable, counter-intuitive, weirdo finding that wind power is just like, all around us, and just there for the taking.At the risk of repeating myself: the candidate that enumerates … [Read more...]

Well, I missed it until 11:24pm tonight, but a preview of tonight's GBIO action was on the front page of the Globe. It's not a bad article, really, although I wish it had concentrated on the trials that people endure right now, today, all … [Read more...]

Nice, another alterna-press mention of the MA blogosphere, this time in the Valley Advocate of Springfield:In the past year, Massachusetts has developed its own mini-blogosphere.It is still rather nascent, but there is a core group of … [Read more...]

The Eisenthal Report has commented on my post on the governor's chief health care advisor suggesting that hospitals be more aggressive in collecting on unpaid bills. I appreciate his input, and there's a very useful discussion in the … [Read more...]