Thursday night, May 26th at 7pm at Temple Israel of Boston, the Greater Boston Interfaith Organization will hold an action in support of the Health Care Access and Affordability Act, a major piece of legislation that will provide health … [Read more...]
Bubble bubble toil and trouble: duuhhhh edition
It's a bubble because ... uh ... people, like, can't afford it:The gap between income and Massachusetts home prices is the widestsince the peak of the 1980s housing bubble, and that gap, intensifiedby rising interest rates, should cause … [Read more...]
Walk for Music on Sunday
Boston's known as a city with a pretty lively musical culture. Beyond the big-money, high-glamour organizations like the BSO and Handel and Haydn, the classical scene is teeming with smaller, entrepreneurial, innovative organizations … [Read more...]
RomneyCo’s solution to rising health care costs!
It's more repo men! Link:A top aide to Governor Mitt Romney wants Massachusetts hospitals to bemore aggressive in collecting from patients who do not pay their bills,and he said the problem may be addressed by legislation theadministration … [Read more...]
Life is cheap
I know Tom Friedman takes a beating in liberal circles, but I really thought he brought up an important point yesterday about the violence in Afghanistan, supposedly/maybe not linked to the Newsweek story: Muslims get blown up every day in … [Read more...]
On judges, Dems need a batting coach
... and we're here to help. LiberalOasis notes that on the two judges that Frist and the GOP are trotting out first, Dems need to let people know exactly why we're showing some spine:Sen. Mark Pryor?s performance on CNN yesterday was not … [Read more...]
ACLU stings Silver Ring Thing Bling-bling
So, the ACLU is suing the US government over giving funds to the "Silver Ring Thing", an abstinence-only education group that also has a heavy dose of religious proselytization: they give the presentation to kids on avoiding sex … [Read more...]
Global warming and that river in Egypt, parts II, III, IV, V., etc.
Ok, so I've been lost in the wilds of the comments section from an older post, going back and forth about global warming with a fellow named Brian, a chemist from Ole Miss. He's tough ... but I'm still pretty sure I'm right. :) … [Read more...]
Notes from the MA Dem Convention in Lowell, 5/14
I rode up this morning with former Cambridge City Council candidateand all-around good guy John Pitkin. While looking for the AffordableHousing "breakout meeting" (i.e. a rap session with experts and pols)held at Lowell High … [Read more...]
Green Line: Sunny in Somerville, Mistrustful in Medford
Link:With state officials expected to soon announce plans to build the GreenLine extension to Somerville and Medford, reaction in those citiesdiffered dramatically yesterday.While Somerville officials were ecstatic about the project, … [Read more...]
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