Well, our reactionary Supreme Court decided to satisfy itself with half a loaf today, opting to merely open the door to eviscerating some basic rights, rather than actually smashing them to bits altogether. In the Hobby Lobby case, the … [Read more...]

Well, with endorsement season a bit underway, I'd like to ask supporters of the various gubernatorial candidates one question I've already mooted in comments elsewhere: how would your candidate deal with the greatest obstacle to a … [Read more...]

In 2010, Mike Lake exhorted as to "believe again" and support his campaign for auditor. He didn't get the job. Four years earlier, the Herald had told us Democrats that Deb Goldberg was the best choice for lieutenant governor. She didn't … [Read more...]

Just got quite a poll that I think is Capuano testing the waters. But it was entertaining for all the wrong reasons. I was asked my party affiliation, then asked if I thought the state was "headed in the right direction or things are … [Read more...]

On June 14, "pablo" and "sabutai" sat down with Massachusetts's Secretary* of Education, Matt Malone to conduct an hourlong interview arranged through the editors of BMG and the Secretary's* Office.  Matt, who before taking his current as … [Read more...]

I don't have a dog in this Congressional fight, don't know most of these candidates, live hours away.  But I've learned this: Will Brownsberger supports the Keystone XL pipeline and Citizens United, and he is one of two Democratic State … [Read more...]

  Aside from the news about Lt. Gov. Murray's decision not to re-run, I'm a lot more disappointed in the news that Representative David Sullivan is resigning his seat.  Though eternally out of fashion, education is the key to … [Read more...]

Busy times in the real world has hurt my output rate here, but I couldn't let pass my annual predictions thread.  (See 2012 thread here).   Before moving on, some highlights from said thread: I got Obama over Romney right, but expected … [Read more...]

Now, I'm a man who likes a good sandwich.  Who will tell you every location that used to be a Quizno's within a 30-minute drive of his house.  Who hit Five Guys at a time when nobody else around here knew who that was.  And I love … [Read more...]

I write today on an urgent issue -- the names of our state districts are awful.  They are interchangeable, non-descriptive, and so unmoored from community that pretty much nobody remembers theirs.  Uninvolved citizens have no idea of theirs … [Read more...]