Updated, see below According to Reuters — not generally part of the Faux News Network — Hillary Clinton's attorney has told a Senate panel investigating the 2012 Benghazi attacks that the email server she used "had been wiped clean" … [Read more...]

An innovative and fresh idea emerged from our family's discussion of the recent legislative photo op at the expense of the MBTA: take bold steps to increase efficiency and decrease waste in state government. Instead of one … [Read more...]

Today, we learned the real reason for Benjamin Netanyahu's recent visit to meet with House Republicans — advice on suppressing the vote of inconvenient minorities. The New York Times reports today that Benjamin Netanyahu is alarmed … [Read more...]

What if the government's role in commuter rail was analogous to its role in highways? Today, highways and roads are the property of the government. The government is responsible for maintaining them. The private sector then pays license … [Read more...]

I am finding it increasingly difficult to understand how any person with an IQ that exceeds room temperature can actually vote for ANY national GOP figure. Wisconsin is bad enough, but Florida is utterly mind-boggling. The letter to Iran … [Read more...]

I thought it was time to resurrect this fabulous old commercial, apropos our ongoing discussions about funding public transportation. I think the ad pretty much speaks for itself. Note to editors: This appears to be a permissions … [Read more...]

Spock — Leonard Nimoy — has died at 83. For much of my early life, "Spock" was an icon and a character to emulate. He was the first celebrity that let me feel as though nerdiness and geekiness was cool. I still tend to use … [Read more...]

Updated with information discovered on 25-Feb-2015 I want to ask an amateur and thoroughly half-baked question: Has anybody in Massachusetts government explored the feasibility of leasing temporary subway cars to bridge the gap between … [Read more...]

I'm genuinely glad to see that new MBTA CEO/General Manager Beverly Scott is breaking MBTA tradition and actually telling the truth about the organization's utter inability to handle winter weather. Perhaps, with the MBTA now openly stating … [Read more...]

The real takeaway from this week's debacle, in my view, is the enormous tax increase (probably billions of dollars) that Massachusetts government imposed on residents and businesses this week without debate, discussion, or even media … [Read more...]