The open letter to current Treasurer and candidate for Governor Steve Grossman regarding the lottery generated a long and quite interesting comment thread - you should read the whole thing.  I wanted to highlight two comments in particular, … [Read more...]

Email (no link): State Sen. Sonia Chang-Díaz today announced her endorsement of Don Berwick’s campaign for Governor of Massachusetts and her intention to serve as campaign Chair, citing Berwick’s progressive vision for Massachusetts and … [Read more...]

Globe: State Representative Carlos Henriquez was sentenced today to serve six months in the Middlesex County House of Correction after he was convicted of charges that he assaulted an Arlington woman he was dating in July 2012. A … [Read more...]

Globe: One of Massachusetts House Speaker Robert DeLeo’s top deputies plans to resign this month, according to people familiar with the decision, a move that would also remove from House leadership a chief advocate for a casino in … [Read more...]

Here's to a happy and healthy new year for all! … [Read more...]

It's that time of the year when pundits and prognosticators around the nation look back at the preceding 12 months and make lists.  Who made predictions that came true?  Whose were a bust?  What were the big events of the last year, and … [Read more...]

We don't agree with much that is said over at Red Mass Group.  But, as we've repeatedly observed, RMG's editors were dead-on when they declared back in April, before the GOP primary for the Senate seat now occupied by Ed Markey, that … [Read more...]

That's the eye-catching headline of an item posted on a widely-read politics site this morning.  What is the author talking about?  He's talking about the story about now-suspended "Duck Dynasty" star Phil Robertson's racist and anti-gay … [Read more...]

You know, I was willing to give casinos a chance here in Massachusetts.  Other things being equal (yes, yes, I know), more jobs are better; there's little doubt that at least some gambling dollars that are currently going to Connecticut and … [Read more...]