Well, there's a lot to talk about with this case. There's no majority opinion, so it's a little hard to figure out what the opinion actually stands for, but a couple of messages are clear.First: expenditure limits are toast. … [Read more...]
Weekly traffic report
An interesting trend I've noticed over the last few weeks is the weekend traffic. Used to be we got about half the hits on weekends that we got on weekdays. But as the weather gets nicer, that gap is closing. Odd - … [Read more...]
Supreme Court throws out Vermont’s campaign finance rules
In a long-awaited decision, the Supreme Court today threw out Vermont's strict campaign finance regulations. The challenged law limited not only contributions (like most campaign finance regimes) but also expenditures, as follows:Act … [Read more...]
Mass. GOP once again throws in the towel on down-ballot races
Well, not exactly. But here's today's Herald:The state GOP is giving its candidates a secret weapon in their quest to win elections this fall: Peter Blute. The state Republican Party has hired Blute, the former U.S. congressman … [Read more...]
Brooks vs. Kos
NYT blowhard David Brooks has a new target: Kos. Here is tomorrow's column (reg. req'd). It would be hilarious, if it weren't so ... hilarious.They say that the great leaders are gone and politics has become the realm of the … [Read more...]
Immigration: views from the columnists, and advice from a conservative
A good example is the income tax rollback. Voters voted for it. Yet you continually agitate against it. Your policy reasons may all be valid and logical and righteous. But, still, the voters voted against it. … [Read more...]
Vennochi gets passionate
Thanks to Ernie for pointing out today's column by Joan Vennochi, in which she calls for reinstating the draft not so much because we need the soldiers (though we probably do), but because it's the only way we'll ever have an honest debate … [Read more...]
… but AFL-CIO backs Murray for Lt. Gov.
Shortly after posting on the Mass. AFL-CIO's decision not to endorse anyone in the gubernatorial primary, I received a press release from Tim Murray's campaign reporting that, with respect to the LG race, the union had not been so … [Read more...]
No AFL-CIO endorsement in DemGov primary
The Globe blog is reporting that the state AFL-CIO has decided not to endorse any of the three Democratic candidates for Governor:The decision not to endorse follows two cycles in which the 400,000-member organization anointed Democrats in … [Read more...]
Ersatz blogger takes on the communists
A really interesting column today from Nicholas Kristof in the NY Times (reg. req'd). He's trying to get himself shut down by the Chinese authorities, but he can't quite manage it.To test the limits of the Internet in China, I started … [Read more...]
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