Also recounted in the story was this gem... Former State Police Colonel Thomas Foley is collecting a disability pension from his police service, and even though he agreed to reduce his pay if elected... So he was collecting disability but … [Read more...]

Something which was slipped into the Healthcare Reform Act was a change effecting the spending of FSA (Flexible Spending Account) money. In a nutshell, starting in Jan/2011, you will not be able to us FSA money to pay for OTC medications … [Read more...]

Lots of dicussion about the looming tax cuts... BMGers seem united with their hopes... If Republicans insist on keeping all the "Bush" tax cuts, what should Democrats do? * let the cuts expire - 30 votes (83.33%) * run in circles, scream … [Read more...]

Non political but still interesting. The Globe is reporting today that... The mother of a junior on the Needham High School girls soccer team says that the suspensions of several players on the team for alleged hazing was too severe for … [Read more...]

was a significant win of 17 GOP MA House seats. Not bad at all and a great start to getting some balance. But another stark result was the GOP now holding 37 Governor seats around the country up from 24. Significant for the redistricting … [Read more...]

Story Keith Olbermann, the pre-eminent liberal voice on American television, was suspended Friday after his employer, MSNBC, discovered that he made campaign contributions to three Democrats last month. The indefinite suspension was a stark … [Read more...]

The results of many races may certainly make us happy but just as important is the feeling that MA Republicans and conservative independents are alive and well. Many posts on BMG from a year ago were discussing how our party was DOA in … [Read more...]

Chuck Turner got his day in court and the verdict was a no-brainer, guilty on all four counts. But today's paper shows Chuck has decided to pull out the race card of all things. "African-Americans were brought to this country as slaves. We … [Read more...]

Some people like Paul Krugman have said an austerity program for the US (or other major countries) is the worst thing you can do in a recession. Well, contrary to this opinion, the UK has decided to follow many other European nations by … [Read more...]

First we have a Globe article today where Jeff Jacoby lambasts Barney about his involvement in the Freddia/Fannie mess.  A telling exerpt... Frank, who chairs the House Financial Services Committee, has always been ardent in his … [Read more...]