and nobody knows which it is. You sure can't criticize this primary season for being boring.  After all the nuttiness that we've seen (especially on the GOP side, it must be said) up to now, this week's goings-on still stand out as, … [Read more...]

As everyone knows, Ted Cruz was born in Canada to a Cuban father and an American mother, yet the Constitution says that only a "natural born Citizen" can be president.  Up until now, most respectable observers have dismissed questions about … [Read more...]

Today's Globe story about the delivery disaster of the last week is astounding, even beyond the hilarity of both the Globe and its new delivery company very publicly pointing the finger at one another.  ("We warned you things would be … [Read more...]

I know, there's already a fantastic 2016 predictions thread going.  But, editor's prerogative.  Here goes: Trump/Cruz.  I'm sticking with my prediction of over four months ago that Donald Trump will be the Republican nominee for … [Read more...]

Should be a banner year for political junkies, armchair pundits (is there any other kind?), pontificators, and bloviators of all descriptions.  In other words, you and me!  Thank you, as always, for spending some time here at BMG.  Here's … [Read more...]

Is the Globe hurting for op-ed material?  Because Christmas Day's Globe ran an op-ed by former Cambridge mayor and state senator Anthony Galluccio ("a member of the Cambridge Taxi Industry Group," per the Globe) that not only repeated a … [Read more...]

There's a debate tonight.  No doubt, this overblown kerfuffle about a data breach will come up - and probably, the moderators will do their best to get Hillary and Bernie to attack each other.  Here's what they should say … [Read more...]

Additional ruminations, beyond those already posted. The moderators (CNN's Wolf Blitzer, Dana Bash, and Hugh Hewitt) did both a very good and a terrible job.  Good, because by and large they kept control of the debate, kept a decent … [Read more...]

1. A strange #gopdebate. Overall: Trump was a seesaw, lurching between moments of surprising lucidity and almost completely losing his shit. 2. I doubt Trump loses ground based on tonight. Carson was a wreck and seems very likely to … [Read more...]

Globe: In a decision that could provide a framework when it considers the case of Dzhokhar Tsarnaev, a federal appeals court in Boston on Monday ordered a new trial for a Puerto Rico man who had asked that his trial be moved because the … [Read more...]