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How Many Cops Does Your Community Need?

June 9, 2020 By thegreenmiles

I live in Marion, a town of 5,000. Looking at the weekly police log, most activity is taken up by fire alarms, medical calls, building alarm checks, traffic stops, and animal complaints. Here's a typical page: How many incidents in … [Read more...]

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Ed Markey Sets Standard on Opposing War with Iran

January 3, 2020 By thegreenmiles

When it comes to Republican-led saber-rattling, many Democrats make the misstep of saying the Republicans are right in principle but wrong in practice. You'll recall plenty of Democrats who buried their opposition to war with Iraq under … [Read more...]

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It’s No Fun Telling Fall River I Told You So About Jasiel Correia

October 14, 2019 By thegreenmiles

Me, just under 4 years ago, as my birthplace of Fall River dumped its qualified mayor for 23-year-old Jasiel Correia: I Hope You Know What You’re Doing, Fall River Tonight, as reported by the Boston Globe's Michael Levenson: Jasiel F. … [Read more...]

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As Fossil Fueled Heat Bakes Boston, Local Media Again Fails to Connect Climate Dots

July 19, 2019 By thegreenmiles

If Exxon Mobil ran Boston media, would we notice any difference in coverage of climate crisis-worsened extreme weather? So far, Boston media outlets are once again failing to connect the dots from this week's forecast record-breaking heat … [Read more...]

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Boston Globe Pro-Nuclear Op-Ed Has Massive, Obvious Lie in 2nd Sentence

May 29, 2019 By thegreenmiles

Pilgrim Nuclear Plant

While I fully support permanently shutting down rickety old Pilgrim nuclear this week, I'm agnostic on nuclear power in general. Sixty years into the nuclear era, it remains disaster-prone and we have no answers (never mind good ones) when … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Editor, User Tagged With: energy, Pilgrim Nuclear Generating Station

Polls Show Abortion Rights Split is on Political & Religious (Not Gender) Lines

May 17, 2019 By thegreenmiles

As draconian abortion bans have moved through legislatures in Alabama, Georgia, Missouri and Ohio in recent weeks, I've seen countless social media posts over the last few days urging women to rally and men to get off the bench. The … [Read more...]

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A Big Day for Corporations Making Huge Subsidy Packages Look Dumb

February 14, 2019 By thegreenmiles

GE has announced it will pull out of its Fort Point headquarters plan and give back its massive subsidy package, according to the Boston Globe's Jon Chesto: General Electric says it will reimburse the state for the massive incentive … [Read more...]

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Warming Winters Pushing Boston Snow to Extremes

January 18, 2019 By thegreenmiles

Through January 17, Logan Airport has its least snow on record dating back to 1936. The Boston Globe story covering this, unbelievably, didn't even mention of global warming. Here's our current list of winters with the first inch of snow … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Editor, User Tagged With: climate, climate-change, climate-energy-politics, environment

Ban All Guns Now

November 8, 2018 By thegreenmiles

The progressive position on gun control should be that we should ban all guns now. Can we negotiate on guns for cops, hunters & people in extremely remote areas that cops can't quickly reach? Sure! Let the NRA ask for those & we can … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Editor, User Tagged With: crime, Gun safety, guns

Vote Straight-Ticket Yes & Straight-Ticket Democratic

November 5, 2018 By thegreenmiles

Don't act like you haven't been waiting for me to tell you how to vote! OK, so this is more of a discussion post than Serious Endorsements. Vote yes, yes & yes on ballot initiatives. I know the nursing question isn't perfect, but … [Read more...]

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