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Report from Virginia

November 4, 2009 By Christopher

I was down in NOVA volunteering on the campaign and it was one of the most negative I have seen.  For the first time that I can remember I saw a negative ad from the Democratic candidate first.  (In addition to issue agreement, … [Read more...]

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Congratulations Senator Brooke!

November 1, 2009 By Christopher

Last night I caught a rerun on CSPAN of Wednesday's ceremony honoring Senator Brooke with the Congressional Gold Medal, the highest civilian honor awarded by Congress.  Senator Brooke was nominated two years ago by Senator Kennedy in … [Read more...]

Filed Under: User Tagged With: awards, massachusetts, us-senate

House Democrats unveil health insurance reform

October 30, 2009 By Christopher

Here is the proposal, along with links to summaries and full text.  It appears to not only be deficit neutral, but actually reduces costs. … [Read more...]

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So much for Congressional delegation unity

October 28, 2009 By Christopher

Dear Friends, I'm writing today to let you know that this afternoon, I will be endorsing Martha Coakley for the United States Senate. Throughout her distinguished career, Martha has been a tireless and highly effective advocate for the … [Read more...]

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This may be the closest we come.

September 26, 2009 By Christopher

Last night's season premiere of Law & Order had the DA's office attempting to prosecute Bush administration officials for torture.  It reruns tonight at 8:00 on NBC.  Now if only we could bring this into the real world … [Read more...]

Filed Under: User Tagged With: bush, national, obama, torture

It’s amazing how blatant hypocrisy can be! (updated)

September 25, 2009 By Christopher

UPDATE: Apparently some of these "Christians" actually protested at the prayer event itself.  Epic fail in the WWJD department if you ask me! … [Read more...]

Filed Under: User Tagged With: national, religion, rightwing

The Governor responds to “Chartergate”

September 22, 2009 By Christopher

The timeline and facts: The Commissioner of Elementary and Secondary Education, Mitchell Chester, received an application to create a new charter school in Gloucester, one of three charter applications that made it to the final review … [Read more...]

Filed Under: User Tagged With: deval-patrick, education, massachusetts

Let’s talk about ratings

September 22, 2009 By Christopher

I was wondering if we could chat a bit about how ratings are used and if it makes any sense to come to a broad consensus in this regard.  I bring this up because I've been subject to a few very low ratings recently which have caught me … [Read more...]

Filed Under: User Tagged With: bmg, civil-discourse

Joe Kennedy running for Senate

September 21, 2009 By Christopher

Except it's not THAT Joe Kennedy.  Here is the website of a man by that name who appears to have filed as an independent, but whose views trend libertarian.  I can't help but wonder how many votes he'll get in the general election … [Read more...]

Filed Under: User Tagged With: massachusetts, senate-special-election

Ed O’Reilly “seriously considering” run for US Senate

September 4, 2009 By Christopher

I've received the following email: I need your help and appreciate your thoughts! As you may be aware, I am seriously considering entering the U.S. Senate race. Although this special election may be quite different from last year's … [Read more...]

Filed Under: User Tagged With: ed-oreilly, massachusetts, senate-special

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