An interesting and sad piece in the Globe today, regarding the savage bloodletting in process by Boston Symphony Orchestra. The savagery is not within the BSO itself, but rather within their chorus, the world-renowned (and all-volunteer) … [Read more...]

e.g., Kaiser poll suggests support Medicare-for-all is more than two-thirds Why the hell is DC arguing about whether to keep health insurance in its current awful state, or to make it even worse? Seems to me that any political party that … [Read more...]

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https://twitter.com/people4bernie/status/841425387699687424 https://twitter.com/allinwithchris/status/841442632714788864 … [Read more...]

all Clintonites/Third Wayers are totally removed from any positions of any importance within our party. They've been running the show for 25 years, and the nicest thing that can be said about them is that they totally suck at winning … [Read more...]

Or at least try to secede? It's pretty clear that there are many badly-broken things in our country. Our federal government is run by nuts, kleptomaniacs, and sadists. Our health care and health care reimbursement systems are a bizarre … [Read more...]

I'm surprised by the seeming lack of skepticism at BMG over Gen. James "there are definitely WMD in Iraq" Clapper's claim that the Russkies hacked the DNC servers etc. and that there's secret evidence just trust him. Or possibly I've only … [Read more...]

Anyone who's successfully dealt with bullies knows that the only thing that stops 'em is to bully them back. I know that Congressional Democrats will have to keep their powder dry, and when the Republicans go low they need to lose go … [Read more...]