The staff of the Commonwealth Health Insurance Connector Authority (CHICA -- has anyone else noticed that acronym yet?) has announced its recommended standards for "affordability" -- i.e., for who has to pay a penalty for not having health … [Read more...]
Bill Richardson scores an apparent breakthrough in North Korea
Governor Bill Richardson (D-NM) has, somewhat unexpectedly, scored a major concession from North Korea's government. NBC is reporting that Richardson, who is in North Korea on a mission to recover remains of American soldiers killed … [Read more...]
Verizon vs. Massachusetts
As .08 and MassLib have already noted, the regional president of Verizon has free advertising space courtesy of the Globe an op-ed in today's Globe arguing that the gubmint should keep its grubby, tax-lovin' mitts off their valuable … [Read more...]
Charlie Baker’s got a blog
We're very pleased to welcome Charlie Baker, CEO of Harvard Pilgrim Health Care and ex-A&F and Human Services Secretary under Welducci, to the blogosphere. (Thanks to Paul Levy for noting this development.) Baker has … [Read more...]
Fantastic NY Times article on Pelosi’s Middle East trip
Read the whole thing. Here's a taste:The tone of the complaints [from the Bush administration about Pelosi's trip] - particularly Vice President Dick Cheney's public characterization of her visit as "bad behavior" - contrasts sharply … [Read more...]
Pretty good news for Patrick in State House News poll
State House News has a new poll out that, while not uniformly positive, is generally pretty good for the Gov. Noteworthy, at least to me, was the fact that despite all the unremittingly lousy press surrounding the CaddyDrapesCiticall … [Read more...]
Doonesbury v. Romney
In case you've missed it, Garry Trudeau has lately been using his Doonesbury comic strip to hammer away at Mitt Romney's embarrassing record of saying whatever seems likely to please the audience he happens to be in front of at any given … [Read more...]
Governor Patrick announces package of anti-crime initiatives
Anyone who was getting a wee bit impatient for Governor Patrick to take action on Boston's crime problem can settle down a bit. The Gov announced a wide-ranging set of proposals today. The press release speaks for itself, so … [Read more...]
Galvin’s website has a massive privacy problem
Check out this pretty outrageous story that clever AP reporter Ken Maguire came up with. Maguire's story calls Secretary of State Bill Galvin out for a failing that is startlingly reminiscent of the DevalPatrick.com privacy … [Read more...]
One way you can tell that a party is in crisis mode …
is when party members that hold positions of some influence start comparing the party's leader to the clap.I just got off the phone with Representative Marty Seifert (R-[MN legislative district] 21A) and he confirmed the information in the … [Read more...]
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