Capitalism is the legitimate racket of the ruling class. --Al Capone Voting should be as easy as breathing or as close to it as possible. People shouldn't have to travel all over hell and creation to register. There shouldn't be limited … [Read more...]

“To a person, they said the President’s going to cave.” --Henry Waxman summarizing the GOP's position The only obstacle to President Obama's defeat in 2012 is the Republican Party, the once Grand Old Party. His presidential opponents have … [Read more...]

Suppressing votes has a long history in the United States. At the state and national level, suppression has traditionally focused on black voters and in the last 50 years or so, the main culprit has been the Republican Party. At the local … [Read more...]

Politico reports: Thirty-five year old Vermont native Jim Barnett will serve as Brown's campaign manager, the senator's campaign announced Monday. A former adviser to Gov. James Douglas, Barnett also served as chairman of the Vermont … [Read more...]

I suppose it shouldn't come as any surprise that our elected officials are out of step with the electorate. But given their hard core ideology and their outspokenness, you'd think that congressional Republicans would be in step with their … [Read more...]

The Commonwealth's municipal unions have been relatively silent since the new Municipal Health Insurance Law passed with the state budget. The MTA sent out a statement from the coalition of municipal unions that lobbied on behalf of the … [Read more...]

Yeah, it's like reading tea leaves. But it makes sense all the same. Maybe it's time for Scott Brown to hold a town meeting. Roll Call reports: Elizabeth Warren’s calendar sure looks like the schedule of a woman considering a Senate … [Read more...]

It's the Party that stood behind Swift Boat Veterans for Truth. The same crew that chummed the water for the birthers. The ding dongs that trafficked in death panel rumors. The RNCC is asking Comcast to pull a television commercial because … [Read more...]

How long will it be before the tea partiers and the party that loves them stop referring to the Affordable Care Act (ACA) as Obamacare? My guess is when the polls start telling them how popular the program is and how well it is … [Read more...]

The Editors I like to think that the biases of reporters don't directly influence their reporting. I may be wrong about James Vaznis, but I think he's  trying conscientiously to do his job. In the case of his editors, however, I have … [Read more...]