New secretary of education Betsy DeVos has strong ties to groups that advocate a theocratic world view. They believe a) students should leave public schools for religious based ones, b) public schools should become predominantly Christian … [Read more...]
CONFIRMED: Melania worked illegally in the US without a work permit
Now we know why Melania Trump has not been campaigning for Donald until this week. She knew there was hard evidence that she worked illegally in the US before obtaining her work permit. This is a brand new investigative … [Read more...]
HURRICANE THREAD: Matthew could affect the presidential election
Well, Matthew ain't coming to New England at all according to the most recent forecast. But the forecast for the Palm Beach and Boca Raton areas of Florida could not be worse at this point. [Update: as the hurricane bounced off Grand … [Read more...]
Kinder Morgan Meets Resistance in Northeast Massachusetts
The multibillion dollar company Kinder Morgan is now facing grassroots popular resistance to its proposed gas pipeline project from towns across the portion of the route in Eastern Massachusetts, from Dracut to Danvers, just as it has in … [Read more...]
Globe endorsement of Baker driven by “population growth” concerns?
Part of the rationale for the Globe endorsing Charlie Baker may be the goals of Globe owners on city population, energy needs, and real estate development. The MAPC planning agency recently published two scenarios, one is "status quo" that … [Read more...]
AG candidate Miller: part of Fossil Fuel industry push to “retake Massachusetts?”
When John Miller won the nomination for the AG race, I checked out his Linkedin page to see who he really was: https://www.linkedin.com/profile/view?id=18613883 There was a lot of info then, but the page has been made more private so … [Read more...]