Really, you'd think enough would be enough.  Elizabeth Warren just got done creating a big kerfuffle when she talked about actually expanding Social Security benefits instead of arguing about how much to cut them.  And now this madness! … [Read more...]

A few days ago, the Boston political story of the moment was Councillor-elect Michelle Wu's surprising - some would say shocking - decision to back Bill Linehan for Boston City Council president over either Matt O'Malley or Tito Jackson. … [Read more...]

Michelle Wu, Boston City Councillor-Elect and political story of the moment, calls her Twitter account "@wutrain."  I'm not sure why, exactly, but it does give bloggers the opportunity to write headlines like the one directly above. In … [Read more...]

An extraordinary life ended today.  Has anyone else in recent history done more to change the world for the better?  Off the top of my head, not coming up with anyone. … [Read more...]

Credit where credit is due: Shirley Leung wrote a pretty good column on casinos in yesterday's Globe, in contrast to the awful one that she wrote a couple of weeks ago.  Yesterday's column mercifully stays away (for the most part) from … [Read more...]

That's Yvonne Abraham in the Globe a couple days back talking, of course, about the Governor's Council.  As you may know, decades ago the Governor's Council's perpetual penchant for shenanigans resulted in the passage of legislation that … [Read more...]

As you know, the original plan for a casino at Suffolk Downs was such that it required a vote in both East Boston and Revere.  Now, Suffolk Downs didn't have to design the plan that way.  Obviously, given what they're doing now in front of … [Read more...]

I'm no expert on the nitty-gritty details of the casino law.  But it seems to me that the question whether Suffolk Downs, having lost a host-community vote in East Boston, should be allowed to substantially reconfigure its proposal such … [Read more...]

You can't possibly have missed it, but just in case: 50 years ago today, President John F. Kennedy was assassinated in Dallas. There's endless coverage of the event at just about every media outlet in existence. Here's one item I found … [Read more...]

The US Senate has just voted, 52-48, to eliminate the filibuster for most executive and judicial nominations requiring the Senate's advice and consent.  From now on, only a majority vote will be required to confirm agency nominations and … [Read more...]