Frank Rich asks an inconvenient question that has been raised here before (by me and others), but never satisfactorily answered. Pushed over the edge by his peers' polite chatter about Mitt Romney's sermon on "Faith in America," Mr. … [Read more...]
Thursday’s snow gridlock: doth the Mayor protest too much?
Lots of recriminations are flying about as to why Thursday afternoon's drive home was as truly terrible as it was. Mayor Menino says it's everyone else's fault: Mayor Thomas M. Menino blamed the state's poor plowing. Then he blamed … [Read more...]
Thanks, guys.
A moving photo in today's Herald on last night's tragic fire in Gloucester, which killed one man and destroyed a synagogue. The photo shows Gloucester policemen Joseph Aiello (left) and Chris Genovese doing what they can to salvage what's … [Read more...]
Globe endorses Obama and McCain
Verrrrrry interesting! Senators Barack Obama and John McCain have been endorsed by The Boston Globe editorial board ahead of the first-in-the-nation presidential primary on Jan. 8 in New Hampshire. The board wrote that Obama, the Illinois … [Read more...]
Democrats still have Nixon to kick around. On health care.
From the NYT op-ed page: In 1971, President Nixon sought to forestall single-payer national health insurance by proposing an alternative. He wanted to combine a mandate, which would require that employers cover their workers, with a … [Read more...]
Conley vs. Veterans for Peace
Suffolk DA Dan Conley's office has announced that it will appeal the dismissal of "disturbing a lawful assembly" charges brought against members of the group Veterans for Peace. As you may recall, these dangerous scofflaws engaged in … [Read more...]
Ex-Govs slug it out on the op-ed page
The op-ed page in today's Globe is a must-read. It's really quite funny to see the last three Governors of Massachusetts, all members of the tiny but merry band of MA Republicans, slugging it out over who should be the next … [Read more...]
SJC agrees that certification of BU’s scary-virus biolab was “arbitrary and capricious”
A big win today for opponents of Boston University's planned level 4 biolab in the South End. I only have a couple of minutes right now and haven't yet read the opinion in detail -- will try to do so later this afternoon. Here's … [Read more...]
Two new national polls show Huckabee tied with Giuliani for first
Fascinating. In the CNN/Opinion Research survey, Giuliani has 24 percent, Huckabee 22 percent, Mitt Romney 16 percent, John McCain 13 percent, and Fred Thompson 10 percent. In the New York Times/CBS News poll, Giuliani has 22 percent, … [Read more...]
Supreme Court eases 100-1 crack/powder sentencing rules
By a 7-2 vote, the Supreme Court today upheld a sentence for a crack cocaine-related offense that was well below the famous 100-1 ratio. Under the 100-1 rule, an offense involving 5 grams of crack receives the same penalty as 500 … [Read more...]
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