Thanks to the Globe's editorial board for pointing out that in Massachusetts, research on embryonic stem cells requires the advance approval of the local district attorney's office. This is apparently because of a peculiarity in a … [Read more...]
Mr. Patrick: Step AWAY from the consultants. Nice and slow.
The Globe reports that news of Deval Patrick's interest in running for Governor of Massachusetts has caught the eye of the national Democratic party insider types, including Bill Clinton himself. This was to be expected, I … [Read more...]
Against BU’s new biolab
OK, let me see if I have this straight. Boston University researchers were working on an unusual but serious and potentially lethal disease called tularemia. Two of them came down with symptoms of -- you guessed it -- … [Read more...]
By Bush’s logic, he’s nearly broke!
Folks who support the destruction of Social Security are fond of saying that the Social Security Trust Fund has no real assets; it's broke; it's just a bunch of worthless IOUs. For example:"The trust fund is bankrupt; it is IOUs … [Read more...]
Mass. GOP overpaid for Reilly websites
As has been widely reported, the Massachusetts Republican party picked up four possible internet domain names that Attorney General Tom Reilly might have wanted to use for his undeclared campaign for Governor. But according to today's … [Read more...]
Well, NOW we’re talking!
Today's Boston Globe reports that Deval Patrick, former head of civil rights enforcement in the Clinton Justice Department, is considering a run for Governor of Massachusetts.This is very, very good news for lots of reasons. First, … [Read more...]
Another reason why Bush will never name Richard Posner to the Supreme Court
Poor Richard Posner. He's generally conservative, and he's one of the smartest and most well-respected federal judges in the country (he sits on the 7th Circuit Court of Appeals in Chicago). Which would seem to make him a good … [Read more...]
Clarence Thomas, God, and the Constitution
There is a report that Justice Clarence Thomas told a new Justice of the Alabama Supreme Court that "a judge should be evaluated by whether he faithfully upholds his oath to God, not to the people, to the state or to the … [Read more...]
Social security: the word is finally getting out
The facts are finally starting to catch up to President Bush. Despite his and his administration's incessant efforts to portray the Social Security system as on death's door, and on the verge of collapse unless his radical revisions … [Read more...]
All the President’s balls
As you undoubtedly know, there are several balls planned for W's inauguration, all with names like "Constitution Ball," "Freedom Ball," "Independence Ball," etc. Now, coming up with humorous names for fake … [Read more...]
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