Things must be a little tense over on Morrissey Boulevard these days. Joan Vennochi's column today isn't really about the Governor's race, or whether Deval Patrick is likely to win, or whether he'd do a good job if he did.No, it's … [Read more...]
Herald: tumbleweeds blowing through Boston City Hall
Today's Herald reports that the holders of numerous critical city jobs have quit and haven't been replaced. So, in addition to the well-known lack of a permanent police commissioner, there is no homeland security czar, no fire … [Read more...]
BU’s scary-virus biolab suffers a setback
Waaaaay back when this blog was only about a month old, I wrote up a couple of posts based on stories about Boston University's plans to build a "Biosafety Level 4" research facility - in which the most dangerous pathogens such as Ebola, … [Read more...]
Herald having a field day with Globe screw-up on CA/Tastrophe memo
The Herald is clearly enjoying the fact that the Globe appears to have been duped by a former Modern Continental employee who anonymously sent them (though he first denied it was him) what now appears to have been a faked memo about ceiling … [Read more...]
The Fix. Episode 3: Interlude
So far, we've looked at the pretty sorry state of our "democracy" here in Massachusetts. In brief, we've been among the worst in the country in terms of contested elections over the last couple of election cycles, and we may well take … [Read more...]
Endorsement OPEN THREAD (with poll!)
Should Blue Mass. Group endorse a candidate in the Democratic primaries for Governor, Lt. Governor, Secretary of State, and/or contested legislative races? If so, how should we arrive at the decision on who to endorse - questionnaire, … [Read more...]
Marge Innovera
OK, here's my first take on what a poll's "margin of error" really means. (Title of this post shamelessly cribbed from the Car Talk guys, of course!)First, you don't actually get enough information just by knowing what the margin of … [Read more...]
New poll: Patrick still leading, but the gap narrows
A new CBS4/Survey USA poll of 479 likely Democratic primary voters taken over the last few days shows the same lineup (Patrick, Gabrieli, Reilly) as the previous one, but the differences are small, and the margin of error covers most of … [Read more...]
NewsNight debate highlights some LG differences
In a mini-debate to be aired tonight at 7 pm on NECN, Jim Braude's NewsNight show brought out some interesting differences between the three Democratic candidates for Lieutenant Governor. Here's the short version (candidates listed in … [Read more...]
Podcast: BMG Pundit Smackdown II
We had a very interesting and wide-ranging 45-minute conversation with the Herald's Kim Atkins and NECN's Chet Curtis - though both of these folks are so polite that to call it a "smackdown" is a bit of a stretch! If you didn't get to … [Read more...]
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