Bumping up the link to this thoughtful Guardian piece that Charley included in a comment in order to to test the waters -- can we resolve the left/liberal divide or is our future to be fratricide (and boredom)?   … [Read more...]

The Globe reports this morning that nine of the state's eleven District Attorneys have penned a six-page letter to the State Senate largely opposing the Senate's criminal justice reform bill that will be debated on Thursday. The most … [Read more...]

There's more at his electoral website. "In December of 1987, after losing three friends to alcohol and drug related deaths that year, I called several detox centers and rehabs looking for help. At 32 years old, I felt like I was dying as … [Read more...]

Another fabulous piece by Charlie Pierce in Sports Illustrated, complete with a history of sports-related protests going back to Cleveland Indians pitcher Jim "Mudcat" Grant. "In short, if you're going to perform national anthems, you're … [Read more...]

As Politico's Laura Dezenski observes in today's Playbook, Republican U.S. Senate candidate Geoff Diehl has promised to collect signatures for a ballot question to lower the state sales tax to five percent, a move apparently calculated to … [Read more...]

who once gave us a valuable lesson on the topic of delayed gratification. … [Read more...]

(In the blue@bluemassgroup.com inbox this morning) For Immediate Release Obama White House Advisor Quentin Palfrey Announces Bid for Lt. Governor Boston, September 7, 2017: former Obama Senior Advisor for Jobs & Competitiveness … [Read more...]

In light of the news in JimC's post below that House Ways and Means Chair Brian Dempsey is stepping down, I'm re-upping this post from a week ago to note the following: ML Strategies is a lobbying powerhouse on Beacon Hill. Its biggest … [Read more...]