As you know, we're all for transparency here at BMG, which is why I keep everyone up to date on our traffic. But we're also all for not making more work for ourselves than is necessary. So, instead of my going through the … [Read more...]
Phoenix: Middle East war not Israel’s fault
In an editorial published this week, the Boston Phoenix argues that "Hezbollah and Hamas, Iran and Syria â not Israel â are to blame for the unexpected war in the Middle East." They start off:Like people of goodwill everywhere, we … [Read more...]
A little history on the Boston crime wave
I just reread a Boston Phoenix article from a year ago, provocatively entitled "The Worst Homicide Squad in the Country." (HT to Charley for digging it out.) It's well worth reading to give yourself a sense of how the city has … [Read more...]
Who’d’a thunk it? NY Times endorses Lamont!
Win or lose on August 8, no one will be able to say that Ned Lamont didn't come a long, long way in his race against Joe "Mentum" Lieberman. When Lamont started his campaign, he was almost literally a nobody taking on one of the … [Read more...]
BMG Pundit Smackdown II: Wednesday at 2:30 pm
In this corner: Kim Atkins, the Herald's intrepid State House reporter and blogger extraordinaire. And in this corner, Chet Curtis, veteran Boston journalist, NECN personality, and previous BMG interviewee.On the agenda: the news of … [Read more...]
Will the Perry-Kerry connection matter?
Analicia Perry, a 20-year-old aspiring nursing assistant and mother, was murdered a week ago at the shrine to her murdered brother. Both the Globe and the Herald ran stories today on Ms. Perry's funeral. Both reported Rev. … [Read more...]
Apropos of Charley’s “same as the old Matt” post:
A BIG hat-tip to Bruce for finding the tool to make these things! … [Read more...]
Romney vetoes minimum wage bill; allows legislature to override
Governor Romney today vetoed the legislature's two-step minimum wage bill, thereby ensuring that the bill will become law in Monday's override-palooza.Romney had the option of hanging on to the bill for a few more days and making it far … [Read more...]
Seven murders in nine days is too many.
The latest victim of Boston's out-of-control crime spree is Alberto Duarte, a 24-year-old father of three who, according to the Globe story, was shot four times with a rifle because he stepped in to try to protect a 17-year-old girl … [Read more...]
A million and counting
Some time earlier this month, according to the good people of statcounter, BMG recorded its one millionth page view.Also from the "not terribly meaningful statistics" file, we're rapidly approaching our 1,500th registered user, our 3,000th … [Read more...]
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