From the specifics such as health care to the broader theme of what this presidency is about, click on this link.Yes We Can … [Read more...]
Hillary: The Limit: bring back Stephanie Powers
My goodness! Does the sly reference to the RFK assasination, coupled with the white voters comment from a few weeks ago, justify the "monster" remark by Stephanie Powers? Yes it does. The Hillary presidency will be a triangulatory all … [Read more...]
Thoughtful opinion on one of the problems with Billary
Today's NYT carries the thoughtful comments of Garry Wills. New York Times Long known for his insightful critiques of politics, government and religion, Mr. Wills makes the case that Hillary's election unavoidably creates a plural … [Read more...]
Sean Cardinal O’Malley testifies as an expert vs. the Democratic Party
Today's article in the Globe, O'Malley draws line with Democrats, O'Malley calls Dems a scandal certainly raises the bar in the canonical field of the red hatted pot calling the secular kettle black. His eminence is quoted as saying " … [Read more...]
Transforming: from rhetoric to action
The recent post by lanugo was a real wake up call for me. It brought to mind a recent op-ed article by by Archon Fung on a citizen congress citizen congress. The post reminded me that the approach recommended by Mr. Fung was what I … [Read more...]
A different type of presidential candidate questionnaire
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Deval: rekindling the spirit
The Patrick campaign truly electrified Massachusetts with its rhetoric of transforming state government. I must confess I have been a bit disappointed at the lack of transforming rhetoric & actions since the inauguration. … [Read more...]
Gov. Patrick on “Ask the Governor”
As you probably know, Gov. Patrick does a 1 hour "Ask the Gov." segment on Eagan & Braude (FM 96.9) the 1st Thurs. of every month. At the end of this month's segment Gov. Patrick did a terrific job of summing up the … [Read more...]
An “Unreasonable” proposal
I have recently seen An Unreasonable Man, the documentary about Ralph Nader. What I came away with was that this is a film about far more than Ralph Nader. The review I read before seeing the film missed the point, saying: … [Read more...]
The Grudge Report
Brian McGrory begins today's column reporting in Gov. Patrick's fine work addressing the awful raid in New Bedford. Instead of continuing to focus on the raid, after a few short paragraphs, McGrory launches into this screed"Where has … [Read more...]