Tim Cahill acknowledges that building clean energy is good: "I don't think it's the real solution," he said. "It will make us feel good about ourselves, just like covering every citizen in Massachusetts with health care made us feel good. … [Read more...]
A Tale of Two Blogospheres
Interesting research about how the left and the right use blogs differently, from the Berkman Center at Harvard: In this paper, we revisit [previous] findings by comparing the practices of discursive production and participation among top … [Read more...]
An open letter to Sen. Obama
Dear Senator Obama: This is your chance. Leading up to the Democratic primary, you inspired us with your message of hope and change. I want to believe in it, and so do millions of other Americans. But, so far, your campaign has not … [Read more...]
Competence, not ideology
As this article in Rolling Stone illustrates so graphically, the Republicans in power for the last few years in Congress (and the same can be said for the Romney/Healey administration) were incredibly ineffective. Whether it was the … [Read more...]
AP article mischaracterizes Patrick
In this article, carried by the AP and published on Boston.com, the author completely mischaracterizes Patrick's relationship with Mass. politicians:Deval Patrick prided himself on his dearth of political endorsements during the primary … [Read more...]
Thoughts on Lt. Gov. race
Although I committed early to support Deval Patrick at the convention, I have not yet made a decision about whom to support for Lt. Governor. Here are my thoughts on the candidates so far. I'm very open to well-reasoned … [Read more...]
Gabrieli in trouble?
It's hard to know how much to make of this, but I just got an interesting call from the Chris Gabrieli campaign. They called because I was on their list of committed delegates for the convention. If they were correct, it … [Read more...]
For what purpose a party?
Wikipedia has a very different definition: "A political party is an organization that seeks to attain political power within a government, usually by participating in electoral campaigns."The common thread of these two definitions is the … [Read more...]
Gabrieli tries to poach delegates
When I wrote an open letter urging Chris Gabrieli not to enter the race, I cited as one reason the divisiveness it would cause going into the convention. Some people on this site said my opinion was misguided and that Mr. Gabrieli … [Read more...]
Gas prices and saving money
Boston.com today has an article about people comparison shopping for gas prices due to the high prices now.A few calculations:If someone drives a relatively gas-guzzling, 18 mpg average vehicle, for a typical 12,000 miles per year, he will … [Read more...]