I just read a wonderful book on the devastating effects of education reform in Newark.  It helped me put together a long term perspective on these "education reform" efforts, and I wrote the following essay.  I hope you find it … [Read more...]

There is a marvelous video of FDR during his reelection campaign in 1936. FDR's words are as follows, but you should really watch it because he is so eloquent: "Let me warn you, and let me warn the nation, against the smooth evasion … [Read more...]

  The fiscal cliff deal is only the beginning.  When the Republicans want to hold the entire country hostage again in two months, we need to come out swinging.  We have a more progressive Congress and an electoral mandate.  The … [Read more...]

The following is a Letter to the Editor I sent to the Sudbury and Wayland Town Criers. To the Editor: Who is the real Scott Brown?  In his two years in the senate, Scott Brown has not held one single "Town Hall" meeting where he could … [Read more...]

The following is a letter to the editor I sent to our local newspaper. Scott Brown characterizes himself as a nice, bipartisan fellow.  But despite this bipartisan image, Scott Brown has done a lot of damage. Brown often uses the … [Read more...]

This is a followup to my previous post - My Call to Kerry - Not Reassuring. Drew O'Brien is John Kerry's Staff Director in Massachusetts.  He called me this morning and we spoke for nearly an hour.  It was a cordial and, I hope, … [Read more...]

I was very upset when I read that Kerry, who has been appointed to the "Super Committee" was talking about cutting Social Security, Medicare and Medicaid, so I called his office.  The results were not reassuring. I told the woman who … [Read more...]