First, the Green-Rainbow Party announced their "slate" of candidates this year. True to form, the "party" is eschewing the actual work of building up a party by fielding a wide slate of local candidates to carry the banner and build … [Read more...]
Recipe for disaster in public schools
I recommend this BBC article to summarize the key points of the Finnish success story for outsiders. A few pull-quotes to get you started: Finland's schools score consistently at the top of world rankings, yet the pupils have the fewest … [Read more...]
Mass. HB376: Public school under God
The law: HB376 is currently in committee, with over a dozen co-sponsors, including 10 Democrats (more about them later). It mandates that all public school districts write: A policy that allows for a limited public forum and … [Read more...]
Yes it sucks. Yes you have to vote Coakley.
Pissed? Me, too. Not just because I supported Mike Capuano. I'm frankly pissed about Washington, DC. Things are going very wrong -- President Obama was absent from the process as the public option was killed, and … [Read more...]
I endorse…DELICIOUS COOKIES…
Peanut Butter Spotlights (Very moist and peanut buttery) 1 pkg Yellow cake mix 1/4 cup Water 1/2 cup Peanut butter 2 eggs 1/4 cup Butter or … [Read more...]
The story of Pagliuca2010.com
Pagliuca2010.com was to be the website for a re-election campaign, in case Pagliuca won. My first theory, but doesn't hold up -- the winner of the special election isn't up again until 2012. Pagliuca2012.com is still available. … [Read more...]
What Coakley’s people want you to believe…
Capuano has said that if the final bill, after the Senate and conference, includes the odious Stupak anti-choice provision (which it won't), he'd vote no. This isn't flip-flopping, it's the legislative process. Granted, it's the … [Read more...]
Election Day predictions
My blind guesses: Bos-May. Menino 68% Flaherty 31% (Kudos to Flaherty for making a race of it, without being an obnoxious bomb-thrower) NJ Gov Christie 45 Corzine 43 Daggett 12 (Daggett is evaporating, and Christie's … [Read more...]
Capuano or Coakley for Senate
You want courage? Capuano voted against the Patriot Act when being America was being stampeded into it. You want leadership? Coakley sued the feds and their MIA-on-LGBT president Obama over DOMA when nobody else would. You want … [Read more...]
Boston Phoenix to Coakley: Our failures are your problem
It's maddening enough to see media figures talk about their circle in the third person -- the phenomenon of the CNN pundit who grouses that "the media is too obsessed with process"...right before nattering on about process. It's … [Read more...]
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