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NY Times on Gonzales: either appoint a special prosecutor, or impeach him

July 31, 2007 By David

I can't believe I missed this editorial from Sunday's NY Times.  It does a good job of listing the occasions on which Alberto Gonzales has, at best, misled the Congress.And then, the money quote.Democratic lawmakers are asking for a … [Read more...]

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Romney: assault weapons are “fun”

July 30, 2007 By David

What a maroon this guy is.A [Manchester Union Leader] columnist quoted Romney thusly this week: "He said he's flown F-16s and shot Uzis and AK-47s, 'and they're fun.'"Asked if Romney, who never served in the military, has ever been a … [Read more...]

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Middleborough overwhelmingly backs casino agreement

July 28, 2007 By David

WBUR is reporting that today's town meeting in Middleborough backed the Mashpee Wampanoags' casino proposal by a 2-1 margin.More details as we get them.UPDATE: Here's the Globe report.  It says the vote was 2,387 to 1,335.  … [Read more...]

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Take the survey!

July 27, 2007 By David

If you have a couple of minutes and would like to help us figure out who reads this blog, hop on over to Blog Reader Project and take a brief survey.There is no obligation, and no salesman will call. … [Read more...]

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Poor Howie

July 27, 2007 By David

Yesterday brought one of the biggest stories in years -- the $100 million judgment against the federal government for the FBI's role in framing four men for the murder of Teddy Deegan -- on a subject that Howie Carr knows more about than … [Read more...]

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Impeach Gonzales. Now.

July 26, 2007 By David

Before yesterday, Congress already had ample basis to impeach Attorney General Alberto Gonzales.  The reasons were laid out pretty well at the ImpeachGonzales website.Yesterday really should be the straw that breaks the camel's … [Read more...]

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Only 2,000 active cases affected? Oh, that’s OK then.

July 26, 2007 By David

Today's Globe reports on a dispute about the recently-released study showing that 16,000 DNA samples remain untested (some going back many years)  at the State Police Crime Lab.  AG Martha Coakley and several DAs are now saying … [Read more...]

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Tsongas backs individual mandate as part of health care reform

July 25, 2007 By David

Herewith an update to a post from a couple of days ago, in which I wondered whether Niki Tsongas, as part of her generally backing the Mass. health care strategy, supports a nationwide individual mandate.  The Tsongas campaign responds … [Read more...]

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NStar to offer wind power and peak pricing

July 25, 2007 By David

Mega-utility NStar has agreed to offer two environmentally friendly programs to its customers.Wind power:In a first of its kind for Massachusetts utilities, NStar yesterday proposed to let its 1.1 million electric customers in Boston and 80 … [Read more...]

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Two must-reads on health care

July 25, 2007 By David

On the serious side, the always-excellent MassINC has a fine article on the problem of health care costs, and the fact that no one seems to be able to figure out what to do about them.And on the hilarious side, John McDonough hoists the … [Read more...]

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