OK, I admit it: this annoyed me. Yesterday's Globe featured an op-ed by David Tebaldi, the head of the Mass. Foundation for the Humanities, who I'm sure is a very nice man but who perhaps needs to get out more. Or maybe it's the … [Read more...]
How to find at least $75,000 that could be spent on desperately-needed services
Veto this bill.The Globe describes the duties of the Boston Licensing Board as follows:The licensing board handles permits for liquor stores, dormitories, lodging houses, hotels, and establishments that serve food. Each week the board … [Read more...]
Reports are that Saddam Hussein has been hanged
From CNN:Former Iraqi dictator Saddam Hussein has been executed, a witness said."Saddam's body is in front me," said an official in the prime minister's office when CNN telephoned. "It's over."At least we've got this to look forward to:The … [Read more...]
Important breakthrough on net neutrality
Good news today on the net neutrality front: as a condition of being permitted to merge with BellSouth, AT&T has agreed to adhere to net neutrality for two years, or until Congress passes a net neutrality bill. Short version, from … [Read more...]
Who’s funding the inaugural
Just released: the list of big-money donors who are making next week's inaugurathon possible. This list includes both cash and in-kind donations. The release does not detail who gave cash and who gave in-kind, nor does it list … [Read more...]
Patrick to restore all of Romney’s 9C cuts
This just in, from Patrick HQ:Governor-elect Deval Patrick today announced that he will restore $383 million in cuts made recently by Governor Romney, including significant cuts to public higher education, social service programs, public … [Read more...]
SJC rules on marriage case: a vote is constitutionally required, but there’s no way to force it
NOTICE: The slip opinions and orders posted on this Web site are subject to formal revision and are superseded by the advance sheets and bound volumes of the Official Reports. This preliminary material will be removed from the Web site once … [Read more...]
RIP Gerald Ford
AP reports the death of Gerald Ford, the 38th president of the United States, at age 93.Gerald R. Ford, who picked up the pieces of Richard Nixon's scandal-shattered White House as the 38th and only unelected president in America's history, … [Read more...]
A Harvard economist misses the point (surprised?)
From the blog of Greg Mankiw, a Harvard economist and former Bush administration official who thinks he can teach the Governor-elect some basic econ:Deval Patrick is no PigovianA reader emails me a story about the new Massachusetts … [Read more...]
All transition reports are now publicly available
The Patrick/Murray Transition Team has posted all of the final reports from their transition working groups at the Transition website. Also posted on the same page are links to all the comments to the working groups that were received … [Read more...]
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