House concurs with Senate health care bill; votes on reconciliation coming up [update: rec passes]
So I was right after all (sort of): the House, with a couple of votes to spare (the vote was 219-212), has agreed to the Senate's health care bill, thereby avoiding a conference committee and, once signed, making a sweeping overhaul of … [Read more...]
Happy birthday, Russell!
Today's Globe features a lengthy story about pianist Russell Sherman on the occasion of his 80th birthday. Sherman is a world-renowned pianist and a revered teacher. He's also something of an iconoclast; the Globe's headline … [Read more...]
Baker didn’t used to think revenue shortfalls were a big deal
Predictably, Charlie Baker jumped all over the news of a revenue shortfall that apparently could be as high as $295 million or as low as $195 million. Clearly, says Baker, the shortfall proves the "fundamental incompetence" of both … [Read more...]
MA economy: good news, bad news
Today's Globe has some good news and some bad news on the local economy. The good news is that in February, for the first time in nearly two years, the MA economy added jobs, and the unemployment rate didn't rise. The state's … [Read more...]
Christy Mihos: time traveler!
As we're fond of observing, our own Charley on the MTA is the aphoristic genius who, back in 2006, coined the phrase "Big Dig culture of Beacon Hill" (sometimes seen in its short form, "Big Dig culture"). But then I read this: "It is … [Read more...]
Kucinich will vote “yes” on health care; blogger conducts hilarious thought experiment
Word on the street is that Dennis Kucinich, who voted "no" on the House health care bill because it didn't go far enough, has agreed after a full-court press by the president to vote "yes" on the Senate bill (which doesn't go as far as the … [Read more...]
Cahill running right of Charlie Baker and Scott Brown on health care
Interesting. State Treasurer Timothy P. Cahill, an independent candidate for governor making a play for fiscally conservative voters, said yesterday that the state's universal health care law is bankrupting Massachusetts and will do the … [Read more...]
Herald unexpectedly keeps Gov’s winning streak going
Governor Patrick's current winning streak -- an impressive series of policy and political extra-base hits that includes an unexpected vote of confidence from the business group Associated Industries of MA -- continued yesterday and today … [Read more...]
Terrific article about Obama in this week’s New Yorker
George Packer has written a really interesting piece called "Obama's Lost Year: The President's failure to connect with ordinary Americans." It's in this week's edition of The New Yorker, which means that if you don't subscribe, you … [Read more...]
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