Having easily overridden Mitt Romney's veto of the stem cell research bill, the state legislature will shortly turn its attention to the possibility of using state funds to support stem cell research in Massachusetts. The Globe story … [Read more...]
Going too far
So the boys who "requested and received oral sex" from a 15 year old girl at Milton Academy have been charged with statutory rape (which makes it a crime to have sex with anyone under age 16, regardless of consent). They … [Read more...]
Association of ombudspeople smacks down Tomlinson
The NYT reports that the Organization of News Ombudsmen (everybody has an organization these days!), or ONO, has refused to admit the Corporation for Public Broadcasting's team of one "liberal" and one "conservative" … [Read more...]
Rep. Lynch is thinking about it …
The Globe reports that US Rep. Stephen Lynch is kinda sorta thinking about running for Governor, maybe.Lynch would be the most conservative Dem in the field. I can respectfully disagree with his anti-choice views, but his vote in … [Read more...]
More on the Wellesley override
I can see two broad categories of reasons in support of the school board's decision to reject the privately-raised funds. The "strategic" reasons are the variants on the notion that "if we accept private funds here, the … [Read more...]
Another indication that Chief Justice Rehnquist is retiring
Virtually every Supreme Court observer is assuming that Chief Justice Rehnquist's ongoing and apparently quite serious bout with thyroid cancer will result in his retirement at the end of the current Supreme Court term next month. … [Read more...]
So it DOES make you go blind!
The NYT reports:The Food and Drug Administration said today that it had asked Pfizer Inc., the world's largest drug maker, to amend its warnings on Viagra in response to scattered reports of vision loss by people taking the drug.Some … [Read more...]
Romney vetoes stem cell bill; SJC rejects last-ditch effort to undo gay marriage ruling
Two utterly unsurprising developments in today's news. First, Governor Romney delivered on his promise to veto the stem cell research bill. As we've noted, the bill passed the legislature by veto-proof margins in both houses, … [Read more...]
A twist on the usual override story
I find the Wellesley override story, as told in today's Globe, to be fascinating. There were two possible Proposition 2-1/2 overrides on the May 10 ballot. The first, for $3.6 million (average $329/year per taxpayer), failed by … [Read more...]
Priscilla Owen confirmed 56-43
The Senate has just confirmed Priscilla Owen to a seat on the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 5th Circuit.The vote was 56-43. If I heard the clerk's roll call correctly, the Democrats voting to confirm were Landrieu (LA) and Byrd … [Read more...]
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