By Lee Harrison and Lisa Moscynski, Co-Chairs, Rural Issues Subcommittee of the Massachusetts Democratic Party If Mark Twain were alive today, he would have been amused by Evan Horowitz’s April 7 article in the Globe, “City and Country … [Read more...]

To update Lord Edward Grey’s comment on the eve of WWI, “The lamps are going out all over Trump’s America; we shall not see them lit again in our lifetime.”  Yes, thanks to Trump, history seems to be repeating itself, I’m just not sure yet … [Read more...]

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"As Monday’s Electoral College vote approaches, Democrats should be fighting tooth and nail. Instead, we are once again left with incontrovertible proof that win or lose, Republicans behave as if they won while Democrats behave as if they … [Read more...]

AG Maura Healey's comments about Republican Gov. Charlie Baker, whose pleas not to prejudge President-elect Donald Trump’s appointments — which now include a rogues gallery of right-wing nutcases, not the least of which is Stephen Bannon  — … [Read more...]

Paul Ryan announced that as part of repealing Obamacare he plans to phase out Medicare and replace it with private insurance for retirees. It's Bamboozle Palooza 2.0.  Remember when George W. Bush tried to privatize Social Security? Well, … [Read more...]

Very simply, the ballot measure to lift the cap on charter schools is all about Republican efforts to privatize public schools.  Remember George W. Bush’s failed attempt to privatize Social Security early in his second term?  Well, raising … [Read more...]

While canvassing for Hillary with a friend in a small town outside Keene, NH, we learned from a public school teacher, who reads Breitbart, that Obama is: A) bringing the Caliphate to the U.S.; and B) Hillary will open the doors to … [Read more...]