Today's Herald reports that Republican Gov candidate Kerry Healey has called for a new "review board" that would have the power to recommend the removal of judges from office. A constitutional amendment would be required to give this … [Read more...]
Surprise! Romney dismantles State House operation, beefs up campaign
The Herald called it a little over a week ago: Julie Teer, at present Romney's State House spokesperson, will leave her state-funded job and move to Romney's CommonwealthPAC that is serving as his presidential campaign operation. Teer … [Read more...]
Weekly traffic report
Hey Adrian: check the website!
Adrian Walker has an interesting column in today's Globe about Saturday's Deval Patrick rally at Faneuil Hall, and about the Patrick campaign generally. The column strikes me as generally a decent assessment of where the Gov's race … [Read more...]
Koufax awards – last chance
If you haven't yet voted for Blue Mass. Group in the "Best state or local blog" category, and would like to do so, hustle on over before midnight tonight Monday (see update), at which time voting in the first round closes.Here's the … [Read more...]
The faithful vs. the bishops
Here's Margery Eagan (reg. req'd), a lifelong, still-churchgoing, self-described "so-called cafeteria" Catholic, on the bishops' decision to force Catholic Charities out of the adoption business rather than abide by state … [Read more...]
Today’s poll: Reilly vs. Patrick
I thought it would be interesting for everyone to take a look at the complete dataset on the Democratic primary for Governor from the poll that, as Ben notes below, is the subject of a front-page article in today's Globe:Here are a couple … [Read more...]
Green-Rainbow Party announces slate of candidates
A brief item in this Herald article reminds me that I was derelict in posting about the Green-Rainbow Party's slate of candidates for statewide office, announced earlier this week. They are:for Governor: Grace Rossfor Lt. Governor: … [Read more...]
Portrait of a city on the brink
The economic woes of central Massachusetts have drawn national attention, at least for a day. In today's NY Times, on the first page of the "National" section, is this long article about Springfield, Mass. The final vignette in … [Read more...]
Herald gets it right on adoptions
No one in Boston does 500-point headlines like the Herald. Today, they used that technique to brilliant effect:Good question. Waddaya say, bishops?The Herald's editorial page chimed in with this good piece, entitled "No need to … [Read more...]
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