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Homeland Security Run Amok

September 18, 2007 By david-eisenthal Leave a Comment

In a baffling and outrageous case, British musicologist Nalini Ghuman has been barred from the United States for more than a year for as yet unexplained reasons.Ghuman, who is an Assistant Professor at Mills College in Oakland, … [Read more...]

Filed Under: User Tagged With: culture, homeland-security, music, politics

A Fun History Pop Quiz!

September 17, 2007 By david-eisenthal 17 Comments

The following passage comes from a recent work of history - and it quotes another historian.Ambition that ground its heel into every obstacle, restlessness that often defied common sense; selfishness that ate like a cancer into his … [Read more...]

Filed Under: User Tagged With: books, history, politics

Governor Patrick, Please Oppose Casino Gambling

September 10, 2007 By david-eisenthal 24 Comments

Another immediate cost of casino gambling is the potential growth of gambling addiction.  If it is true, as Rep. Dan Bosley wrote in May, that most casino customers come from within a 50 mile radius, then casinos in Middleborough and … [Read more...]

Filed Under: User Tagged With: casinos, gambling, governor, legislature, middleborough, palmer

George W. Bush and his Iraq Supplemental Funding

August 29, 2007 By david-eisenthal Leave a Comment

The fact that the Iraq War has been largely funding through supplemental appropriations has drawn criticism from groups like The Concord Coalition, and from figures like Sen. John McCain (R - Arizona). Last October, the Coalition noted that … [Read more...]

Filed Under: User Tagged With: budget, congress, defense, iraq, president

Firefighters Endorse Dodd for President

August 29, 2007 By david-eisenthal 1 Comment

Dodd, who is the senior Senator from Connecticut, has been in the Senate since 1981. He went to the Senate after three terms in the U.S. House of Representatives. He is a graduate of Providence College and the University of Louisville … [Read more...]

Filed Under: User Tagged With: campaign, democrats, president, senate

Massachusetts Community Preservation Act: A New Study

July 27, 2007 By david-eisenthal 4 Comments

Funds raised under CPA have often been used to leverage borrowing to acquire open space, promote historic preservation, or create affordable housing. For example, a community that raises $100,000 in Community Preservation Act funds annually … [Read more...]

Filed Under: User Tagged With: affordable-housing, conservation, economy, massachusetts, open-space, public-policy

Walking through the Federal Budget Process

July 20, 2007 By david-eisenthal Leave a Comment

The budget process for federal fiscal 2008 began with the release of the President's budget in February. Congress then approved a budget resolution in May; this resolution is supposed to guide Congress as it considers the appropriations … [Read more...]

Filed Under: User Tagged With: budget, congress, deficit, federal

Prediction Markets and Massachusetts Politics – One New Market and One Very Active Market

July 14, 2007 By david-eisenthal 1 Comment

There are currently 165 active traders in this market. Since I created the market in late May, there have been nearly 2,000 trades. By comparison, Blue Hampshire's market on the New Hampshire Democratic Presidential Primary, which has been … [Read more...]

Filed Under: User Tagged With: massachusetts-budget, massachusetts-fifth, prediction-markets

JFK at 90

May 29, 2007 By david-eisenthal 1 Comment

Crossposted at The Eisenthal Report.John Fitzgerald Kennedy, the 35th President of the United States, would have been 90 years old today.The strength and dynamism of Kennedy's presence - and his promise - are evident more than four decades … [Read more...]

Filed Under: User Tagged With: democrats, jfk, national, presidents

A New Inkling Market: The Massachusetts Fifth Congressional District

May 27, 2007 By david-eisenthal 8 Comments

As the administrator of the Massachusetts Fifth market, I cannot participate, but I can report that even before I was able to report on the market, an Inkling "investor" had already bought stock in Rep. Barry Finegold (D - Andover), putting … [Read more...]

Filed Under: User Tagged With: congress, ma-05, politics, prediction-markets

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For @TheAtlantic, I wrote about how we’re facing a doom loop of minority rule by white conservatives and the next two years may be our last chance to avoid slipping into it forever. Our leaders must treat this as the crisis that it is and act with urgency. https://trib.al/X0NAofi

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Transforming our commuter rail system into a ā€œregional railā€ system would make it more equitable, modern, and faster, write @transitmatters’ @jarjoh and @BosIndicators’ @lucschuster. https://trib.al/0EMk2mV

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Public summary execution for dangling air fresheners.

Police racism is stochastic terror.

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Massachusetts now has a commitment to 5600MW of wind power, equal to nearly 187 Block Island projects.

Better write those contracts pretty pretty tight.

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The money National Grid earns from a transmission line for the nation's first offshore wind farm is ā€œappalling,ā€ ā€œunconscionable,ā€ and amounts to ā€œripping off ratepayers,ā€ RI regulators say.

A cautionary tale as we ramp up offshore wind power. #mapoli

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