Were the guys from "Queer Eye" the first openly gay people ever to throw out a first pitch at a major league baseball game?  Could be.  They're surely the most famous ones.  There's been lots of hypothesizing about … [Read more...]

As we discussed some time ago, Boston University wants to build, and apparently will get to build, a "level 4" biolab devoted to studying the scariest of biological agents: anthrax, ebola, you name it.Well, science must move … [Read more...]

There's not a whole lot to add to what's already been said regarding Mitt Romney's newly-minted "different place" on abortion rights and his political strategist's confession that Romney has been "faking" his position on … [Read more...]

The title of this post is the title of this Boston Globe (NorthWest) article about the upcoming (June 11) vote in Arlington on a Proposition 2-1/2 override.  The article reports that, unlike past override debates conducted via lawn … [Read more...]

The Herald has a good article today on the fancy, expensive signs that went up on the major Boston-area highways within the last year or so.  From the article:The state's "intelligent" highway signs, which cost more than $8 … [Read more...]

About a month and a half ago, the state Democratic Party decided they'd try their hand at blogging.  We thought, hey, great!  State party joins the blogosphere, reaches out to the netroots, and all that!  We added them to our … [Read more...]

Anyone looking for more information on the Green Line's possible extension to West Medford might want to check out this Yahoo group periodically: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/medford_green_line_extension/Participants include state Rep. Jim … [Read more...]