Mr. Gore says the overwhelming scientific opinion is that humans are causing climate warming. Mr. Jacoby finds one scientist who thinks the jury is still out on that. Mr. Gore says that in a random sample of over 900 scientific papers about … [Read more...]
Some Climate Change News
Ice mass snaps free from Canada's Arctic tells the tale of a huge ice shelf that broke free near the North Pole. Scientists haven't seen anything like it in 30 years and attribute it to global warming, which is affecting the arctic faster … [Read more...]
End of an Era
So Barry is Bowing out at Jordan'sWhich one's Barry?Granted, I've never bought furniture there, but these guys had ads I actually didn't mind watching (though somehow I missed the Dick Van Dyke one). I remember the early radio ads that … [Read more...]
NJ Goes with Civil Unions
"New Jersey will become the fifth state to grant gay couples all the rights and responsibilities of marriage when Gov. Jon S. Corzine signs a civil unions bill on Thursday."This was in response to a state supreme court ruling that gay … [Read more...]
It’s about time for DSS to step up
The Child Welfare League of America recommends no more than 12 active investigations per month per social worker, 17 cases if they are ongoing cases per social worker, and no more than one new case assigned for every six open cases. It also … [Read more...]
Oral arguments before SJC in marriage ballot initiative
SJC hears arguments in amendment lawsuit John Hanify, the attorney for the plaintiffs, argued that the state legislature has a pattern of unfairly derailing initiative petitions for constitutional amendments, failing to take votes on the … [Read more...]
Human Services Community Meetings
Have any BMGers attended the Human Services Community Meetings? The closest they came to me is Roxbury, during rush hour. Didn't make it.Here's a report on the one in Holyoke Tuesday. It's such a huge topic. Everything from foster care to … [Read more...]
Positioning Romney and the GOP on marriage
The Massachusetts Family Institute sent an e-mail with an article about Gov. Romney and gay marriage, "Who will protect marriage in 2008?", by Kathryn Jean Lopez, who writes for the National Review Online. I couldn't find this on that site … [Read more...]
Who paid for the buses?
MFI and VoteOnMarriage say they were not sponsoring the free buses for yesterday's rally. Anyone know who paid for them?Just curious. That must have been some chunk of change. … [Read more...]
What the…?
During Deval Patrick's press conference yesterday, he said he'd learned there's a sizeable deficit looming in the state budget.Just Sunday, Healey said , "Our administration found a $3 billion budget gap, and through sensible fiscal … [Read more...]