Last night, Scott Brown pivoted from questions about unemployment to observations about welfare. I hope I'm not the only one to notice, and to note that unemployment compensation is not welfare. Mr. Brown has blocked several efforts to … [Read more...]

The same GOP that has used the VoterID canard to disenfranchise millions of minority voters nationwide has apparently been funding massive real-life voter fraud in Florida (emphasis mine): WASHINGTON — Florida elections officials said … [Read more...]

How many of us know that the extended federal benefits that have been available to unemployed workers in Massachusetts for years expire, abruptly, on December 29, 2012? While there was much well-deserved fanfare about aspects of the "Middle … [Read more...]

Since the GOP has so openly, loudly, and brazenly aligned itself with the most extreme, most fundamentalist, and most conservative religious elements in America, isn't it fair to ask whether the apparent targeting of Tampa during the … [Read more...]

Elizabeth Warren just sent precisely the right email to her supporters, and asked us to share it. I love the tone, and I think she knocked this one out of the park. Here's the email: Elizabeth Warren for … [Read more...]

While in Davis Square this afternoon, I was pleased to see Denise Provost — my local representative (and BMG reader!) — marching in today's demonstration outside Diva. The "facts of the case", as reported in the above link, are the … [Read more...]

Yet another illustration of the voter fraud that is actually happening (as opposed to the fiction that Scott Brown and right wing promote with their Voter ID scam) is reported on the front page of the Metro section in this morning's … [Read more...]

Thursday's Kenmore Square road-rage incident reveals more than just the aberrant behavior of one driver. Multiple sources report that the driver has a "lengthy" driving record: According to the Registry of Motor Vehicles, her … [Read more...]

I've been commenting here for some time now about the price we can all expect to pay for the hatred, bigotry, and racism that the GOP has pandered to in this interminable and ugly campaign. This weekend, we begin to see the "strange fruit" … [Read more...]

Multiple sources reported yesterday that Don Perry, leading spokesperson for Chick-fil-A, died suddenly of a heart attack. Given the explicit and prominent role this organization and its leadership (including Mr. Perry) have given to … [Read more...]