Actual Q&A from McCain town hall meeting (NOT WORK SAFE): Sketch of imaginary newsroom trying to figure out how to cover the story (funny, but NOT WORK SAFE): … [Read more...]
House votes overwhelmingly to repeal 1913 law! [update: with roll call]
House to debate 1913 law today!
PolitickerMA has the scoop: The state House of Representatives is likely to debate the final vote on repealing the 1913 law Tuesday, PolitickerMA.com has learned. According to a House leadership source with knowledge of the legislative … [Read more...]
The new search engine: I’m not convinced
It's all over the news today: some refugees from Google have decided that their new search engine is better than Google. In my extremely limited experience (I tried a couple of searches), not so much. First problem: it's called … [Read more...]
Concert update — buy a ticket! :-)
We're making good progress on the National Anthem concert -- we're approaching 100 tickets sold and $5,000 $7,500 raised. And we've even got one regular BMGer playing in the orchestra! Many thanks to those of you who have bought … [Read more...]
Insights on health care, from one who knows the business
Paul Levy, the CEO of Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, has made lots of waves with his no-holds-barred blogging -- highly unusual for someone in his position. He's at it again today, with some very thoughtful observations both on … [Read more...]
Jeff Beatty, apparently giving up on Senate seat, tries for career as stand-up comic
Seriously, Jeff Beatty (who, in case you've forgotten, is the Republican challenging John Kerry for Senate) actually said this: If McCain did pick Romney, "I believe that we'd be able to deliver Massachusetts and its 12 electoral votes to … [Read more...]
The Obama concert: we’re off to a good start — help us keep moving
In just over 24 hours, we've raised almost $2,000 for the Obama campaign and sold about 25 tickets for the National Anthem concert. An excellent start! Now, of course, comes the more difficult part. The initial announcement is a … [Read more...]
A concert for Obama: we’re going all in!
The "Toréador song" from Carmen, sung by the Russian baritone Dmitri Hvorostovsky: "Nessun dorma," from Puccini's "Turandot," made world-famous by Luciano Pavarotti: "Lascia ch'io pianga," from Handel's opera "Rinaldo" -- this is … [Read more...]
Cry me a river
Actually, not so much. As you will no doubt recall, the "compromise" that finally passed was that businesses with ten or more employees who do not make a "fair and balanced reasonable" contribution to their employees' health care have … [Read more...]
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