These five sentences from Tom Friedman's column in the NY Times about Egypt made me sit up straight out of bed on a beautiful Sunday Morning. "No doubt Facebook helped a certain educated class of Egyptians to spread the word about the … [Read more...]

You can read the whole article here, and the lead paragraphs are ...., Despite a month-long controversy surrounding her Native American ancestry, Democratic U.S. Senate hopeful Elizabeth Warren is basically tied with Republican Sen. Scott … [Read more...]

It was a lousy process for fans of transparency who long for the time we had 10 full days (and nights) of televised debate one line item at a time. Never mind there were huddles of legislators in the corners of the Chamber or (gasp) behind … [Read more...]

What I see from my window -- the open gates for the President of Brazil apparently. Thank you to Rob Eno on twitter who retweeted the picture from Tracy Novick from Worcester. Keep'em open Rob says and I agree. although I do hope the … [Read more...]

Speaker Robert De Leo’s budget chief, Rep. Brian Dempsey (D-Haverhill), told the News Service that a budget released in April by the House Ways and Means Committee will be balanced primarily with program cuts. The other day, our … [Read more...]

They came from all over the state. Including Lynn. And, after months of prep work and meetings they got a splendid editorial in the Boston Globe (who described the young people as “earnest” a throwback to Tom Winship we think.) MANY … [Read more...]