The Worcester Telegram & Gazette's Richard Nangle ran a story today quoting David Kravitz on his take on the www.conte2006.com Web site controversy. Read it here or here. … [Read more...]
UAE Deal Is Very Complicated
These are very sound arguments and ones I find very persuasive, but after digging into the issue more I think the whole affair is more complicated than it seems. ThinkProgress has some great stuff on this issue as well. First, … [Read more...]
Gabrieli’s Math Doesn’t Add Up – At Least Not In This Race
I was never really good at advanced math, but I could always add and subtract. So why am having problems with Gabrieli's numbers?In order to get on the ballot, Gabrieli needs fifteen percent of the delegates at the nominating convention; so … [Read more...]
U.S. Opening Private International Mail
Grant Goodman, an 81-year-old retired University of Kansas history professor, drew attention to the policy after a letter he received from a colleague in the Philippines was opened and resealed by Customs and Border Protection, and only … [Read more...]
Local GOoPers form circular firing squad
From today's Herald:Former Bay State Republican chief Jim Rappaport blasted the state GOP yesterday as an "incestuous" insiderâs club rife with "incompetence" that is choking off support for the minority party. "The absolute, total … [Read more...]
More on the UAE/ports deal
From today's Christian Science Monitor:"What we're seeing is a very unfortunate knee-jerk reaction in terms of the Muslim world," says Lester Lave, an economist at Carnegie Mellon University's Tepper School of Business in Pittsburgh, noting … [Read more...]
Health Care: Airing the dirty laundry
Well, it seems that Mitt, Trav and Sal have decided to go public with their differences on the health care bill negotiations. Again, 'BUR had a decent report today, heavy on Mitt's and Trav's criticisms of DiMasi for being "obstructionist". … [Read more...]
Good God, could George W. Bush be right?
So here's the story, as I understand it. Until recently, a British company (P&O Port), managed port operations at major ports in six American cities, including New York. That company has now been bought by a state-owned … [Read more...]