A short blog post with a lot of meaning is a valuable commodity, so I recommend Paul Waldman's few paragraphs on Tapped titled, "Leave Mitt Romney Alone!" The argument that Romnney has been framed (correctly) as a flip-flopper and he can't … [Read more...]
Housing: More Globe Fail
The reality is a bit different. Larry Summers and Tim Geithner, the Tweedle dum and Tweedle dummest of this administration, persuaded Obama to focus on the banks. "Stabilize" banking by throwing gobs of cash at it and the banks will do the … [Read more...]
Was This Call Ever Made?
[April 14, 2010] Hello, Lida? Deval Patrick here. I just wanted to say that I know how badly you must feel about yesterday's loss in the primary. I know that you feel angry and hurt, and that your service to Massachusetts has been … [Read more...]
Tim, Steve and Dunning-Kruger
So now we have two prominent Massachusetts politicians who have made strident criticisms of health reform at the most critical moment. One, Tim Cahill, has left the Democrats, the other, Steve Lynch, thinks the party and the country is … [Read more...]
Brown Lies
There are white lies, black lies, and now, Brown lies. In his response to President Obama's weekly radio address, Senator Scott Brown jettisoned any semblance of independence and revved up the Republican talking points, almost every one of … [Read more...]
Status deprivation and political dysfunctionality
Fess up. The title got you. About a gazillion years ago, in Sociology 101, I was introduced to the intriguing concept of status deprivation. Goes like this: A does not have X / A knows of other persons that have X / A wants to have X … [Read more...]
The “New” WGBH-FM (with poll)
OK, so I'm a classical music guy and, of course, I wasn't happy with the change of format over at WGBH radio. WCRB, that carries the former 'GBH classical schedule, fades out when I'm in Wayland. But I have other sources for my music mix, … [Read more...]
Great Minds, Same Channels
Over at Lawyers, Guns and Money, Paul Campos was lamenting that "I swear if I read one more thing about spoiled Baby Boomers not understanding the gloriousness of The Greatest Generation I'm going to move from dissent to resistance." This … [Read more...]
Scott Browntorum?
Having watched Scott Brown for several years from my perch here in SmallTown, I thought I had him pegged in the gaffe department: frequent small gaffes, but no huge tectonic ones. This, after all, was the pattern in his recent campaign, and … [Read more...]
As Massachusetts goes
Via Steve M. at No More Mister Nice Blog Fouad Ajami in the Wall Street Journal ("The Obama Spell Is Broken"): But no sooner had the country recovered its poise, it drew a line for Mr. Obama. The "bluest" of states, Massachusetts, sent to … [Read more...]
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