This little kerfuffle over the date of the president's speech to Congress about jobs was entirely predictable, entirely avoidable, and a foolish gambit by President Obama.  NYT: President Obama and Speaker John A. Boehner clashed over, of … [Read more...]

The US Court of Appeals for the First Circuit's recent decision on videotaping the police in public is a big deal, and for reasons that go well beyond the Massachusetts wiretap law.  As has already been noted here, the Court allowed a civil … [Read more...]

Alan Khazei has been in the news a lot lately.  Some of it, of course, had to do with Eric Fehrnstrom's ill-fated CrazyKhazei Twitter account - more on that in a sec.  But some of it was less flattering: a revelation that Khazei had hired … [Read more...]

I missed this story when Bloomberg reported it almost a week ago, and it seems to me that a lot of other people did too. But it's remarkable. You know those TARP bailouts - the Treasury department's loans to big banks and AIG that got … [Read more...]

How crazy are Rick Perry's views?  Really pretty crazy.  In his book, published within the last year, Perry argues that, on top of the usual abortion/gay marriage/balanced budget amendment stuff: Social Security is unconstitutional - … [Read more...]

Remember how Scott Brown was once all "let's stop the negative politics and partisan bickering," and all that? Well, clearly, IOKIYAR.*  Because now that one of Brown's top advisors has been caught doing exactly what he's been … [Read more...]

This is utterly pathetic, isn't it? Today, the Globe asked Marcie Kinzel, Brown’s communications director, for an interview with the senator to get his reaction to Fehrnstrom’s admission. Her response? “Senator Brown’s not available … [Read more...]

Now that we know that super-consultant-to-the-stars Eric Fehrnstrom was behind the comedy gold that is CrazyKhazei, some of the tweets bear a second look. This is probably the worst of them. I promise to devote all my time in office to … [Read more...]