I don't believe that newspapers as we know them will be essential for newsgathering to continue. Replacement with new, more nimble organizations is likely if papers implode. Over at Marry in Massachusetts, I have a two-part rant on … [Read more...]
Chickens on the Hill Clucking About Taxes
Cross-post note: This appears at Marry in Massachusetts. For one example, look at our collapsing bridge and road infrastructure. Had the legislature raised the revenue decades ago and a decade ago to fix them, the solutions were … [Read more...]
Protest Exodus International in Boston April 28
Cross-post note: This post is for John Hosty-Grinnell. He originally put it on Know Thy Neighbor. From the Exodus International website:"Exodus is a nonprofit, interdenominational Christian organization promoting the message of Freedom … [Read more...]
Do More On Cuba, Barack
Cross-post: This also appears at Marry in Massachusetts. Now, a less impulsive and probably much brighter President is patching the Cuba wounds. His first one-eighth measures aren't going to heal much if anything. Moreover, as … [Read more...]
Raising the Bar on Financial Pros
Cross-post note: This appears also at Marry in Massachusetts.The truth is, hardly any of us know enough and have the time to devote to making larger financial decisions. Rather, our minds want and our hearts need to trust that:Those making … [Read more...]
Time for Obama to Stop the Games
Cross-post note: This also appears at Marry in Massachusetts. Nuclear background. Even Wikipedia has brought clarity to the often mentioned en passant nuclear option. Its great recap of this arcane procedural ploy includes:The Nuclear … [Read more...]
Throttle Our Corporate Princes
Cross-post note: This also appears at Marry in Massachusetts, replete with prissy art.Coming through American Management Associations, Inc. Magazine and the business press, I have been stunned by the self-delusion and mass delusion that has … [Read more...]
Ted Blowing Smoke
Winger Note: Right-wing commentators and bloggers deserve some sort of doggedness award for their recurring attacks on Ted for the 40-year-old Chappaquiddick wreck that caused the death of campaign worker Mary Jo Kopechne. As the driver, he … [Read more...]
SoapBlox Hack a Wake-Up
The MLK Day New Yorker has a long note on the SoapBlox hack that briefly brought down BMG and a host of other lefty bloggers for up to a couple of days. Staff writer Jeffrey Toobin doesn't mention this blog, but does cover the … [Read more...]
The Ethics Gang Strikes!
This is cross-posted at Marry in Massachusetts. Frenetic AccomplishmentWe should all note that this is a masterwork under incredible pressure. The gang of 13 on the TF (no doubt with many minions doing research, legal and clerical work) … [Read more...]
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