Anyone else a delegate to the Convention next weekend? Since the convention is close to home, I might even hit up some parties the night before.  It might be fun to meet up with with fellow BMGers. … [Read more...]

At her best, Marisa DeFranco was a distinction, not a difference. Running a campaign with a budget miniscule budget, and no reliable political advice is difficult in the best of times. Running a vanity campaign often leads to … [Read more...]

Americans Elect, a self-proclaimed "centrist" group that aspired to use an online nomination process to choose a candidate who could rise above partisan politics, has failed to rise to the occasion and nominate a candidate. The … [Read more...]

A BMG post by Elizabeth Warren inspired a discussion of the high costs of higher education--one of the few phenomena liberals and conservatives could agree on. Our differences, however, were instructive. Seascraper and Discernente offered … [Read more...]

brownfield:  [broun-feeld]  the term "brownfield site" means real property, the expansion, redevelopment, or reuse of which may be complicated by the presence or potential presence of a hazardous substance, pollutant, or … [Read more...]

"Eric had the same attitude I did. He's a Massachusetts native like me. And guys like us—white heterosexuals without trust funds—we were never going to get hired by the Globe, so we decided pretty quickly that we were going to have fun." … [Read more...]

“I call your attention to the fact that they don’t only take out what they need, they want to eliminate the Fund,” --Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) It's not like Republicans want the interest rates on federally-backed student loans to double. They … [Read more...]

All right. Let's get wonky. We had a pretty good discussion on the virtues of the Buffet Rule on one of the Scott Brown threads.(E pluribus unum). The topic was the efficacy--the practicality, benefits (or lack thereof) of increasing the … [Read more...]

People like to say its the cover up makes a scandal go from bad to worse. It looks like that's the case for former chief probation officer Christopher Hoffman, who is accused of witness intimidation. The Springfield Republican is reporting … [Read more...]

The Act to Invest in Our Communities doesn't have a snowball's chance in hell of passing. in the near future. But that doesn't mean it's not an important piece of legislation. After 35 years of declining taxes, the result has become clear. … [Read more...]