Too good to let pass. Via Political Wire. "It's going to take a while for the news media to realize that you're covering something that happens once or twice in a century, a genuine grass-roots campaign of very big ideas," said Gingrich. … [Read more...]

Not so very long ago, a number of Senate Republicans declared that, if a judicial nominee were filibustered in the Senate, we'd have a major constitutional crisis on our hands.  Several of them declared publicly that they themselves would … [Read more...]

As we know, Scott Brown told a business gathering in Newburyport that he hearts - to be precise, "will vote for" - Paul Ryan's budget, which I've dubbed the Medicare Destruction Act of 2011. “The leaders will bring forward (Budget … [Read more...]

Here's the audio from today's noteworthy speeches not given by President Obama: Ray Allen, Bill Russell, and Deval Patrick. Some of it is a tad hard to hear - sorry about that. Obama's speech is about 30 minutes, so I'll chop it up before … [Read more...]

I'm sitting in the press pen (and it is actually a pen) in Boston's Cyclorama for today's fundraiser, featuring President Obama, Celtics legend Bill Russell, and 3-point machine Ray Allen.  Check out the live-blog below, and please chime in … [Read more...]

Seriously, that seems to be the message from a study that was commissioned (and largely funded) by the church. The sexual abuse crisis in the Catholic Church was caused by the influence of sweeping social changes and increasing “deviant … [Read more...]

Two Scott Brown items to report today.  First, Brown is bravely standing by his clearly-stated, principled position frantically backing away from what he said just a couple of days ago regarding Paul Ryan and the Medicare Destruction Act of … [Read more...]

Wednesday afternoon, as you may have heard, President Obama is coming to town to raise some bucks. He will be joined by Celtics superstar Hall-of-Famer Bill Russell, and current 3-pointer-machine Ray Allen. And I'll be there to live-blog … [Read more...]

It's been a while since I wrote one of these updates, and there have been a number of changes that I wanted to call to your attention. "Recent posts" page.  A number of you (especially in this very useful thread) mentioned that you … [Read more...]

Seriously, this is becoming a full-time job.  I'm trying to keep folks updated about only the most outrageously stupid things that the GOP presidential wannabes say, and it's becoming incredibly time-consuming.  On the plus side, the … [Read more...]