So here we go yet again. Another Speaker of the Massachusetts House imminently and ignominiously likely to exit. Has the media used the "embattled" term yet to describe Sal DiMasi? Stay tuned. Benighted, indicted, convicted. Tommy Finneran, … [Read more...]
The Way Forward
"Right now," writes Paul Krugman, "many commentators are urging Mr. Obama to think small." Of course. After all this effort, culminating in all this rejoicing, will the opportunities and possibilities of an Obama administration be chewed up … [Read more...]
An Obama victory? Not here.
SmallTown is, if nothing else, small. So everyone goes to vote at one of our two elementary schools. Yesterday morning when I showed up it was a zoo. Seeing all of my fellow-citizens turning up kindled a faint hope that SmallTown might go … [Read more...]
Deep Thought
It has ocurred to me that someone who compulsively says "My Friends" is probably not my friend. … [Read more...]
Dianne Wilkerson-a footnote
Yes, there's a double-meaning here. Wilkerson is now a footnote in Boston's checkered and too often sordid political history. A sad end to a career that once had real potential. But throughout the incident that finally did her in, Wilkerson … [Read more...]
Turnout versus the Red Shift-the 2008 Election
My friend Bruce Wolpe has a blog at the Sydney Morning Herald on the 2008 election (in which, of course, Australians are intensely interested). Back in March of this year Bruce and I agreed that the single most striking thing about … [Read more...]
Honey, I Shrunk the Globe!
Bad jokes about the Globe's new "G-spot" aside, the paper is shrinking in more ways that one. I refer to the continuing dismal quality of its election coverage. Time was, a national election was a golden opportunity for a first-rate paper … [Read more...]
Globe Scores Again!
Talk about low expectations. I'm always excited when the Globe's national political reporting rises, however briefly, above the mediocre. Today (Oct. 4) was not one of those days. On the front page, Brian C. Mooney's story "Obama … [Read more...]
McCain’s loss in perspective
One of John McCain's most notable accomplishments has a strong Massachusetts tie-in. It's when he and John Kerry worked to repair and ultimately restore relations with Vietnam. In hindsight their efforts paid off in several … [Read more...]
I was just thinking…
Has anyone asked that old maverick, John McCain, recently why he voted with most of his party colleagues to summarily remove a sitting president from office? … [Read more...]
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