Today the Globe, echoing my co-blogger's similar call months ago, has endorsed a bill that would ban all use of cellphones by anyone while driving, except in case of emergency. The reasoning: It is inherently distracting to talk on … [Read more...]
Romney’s pathetic response
Our so-called Governor has finally opened his mouth about Sen. Rick Santorum's outrageous "Boston made me do it" theory on clergy sex abuse, after days of letting his flacks do it. Here's what he had to say, according to the … [Read more...]
Santorum to PA voters: “You’re all idiots — now vote for me.”
Well, all politics is still local, and while we've kept ourselves entertained here at the 'Group with the Santorum-vs.-Boston pissing match, the real question is this: Why does Rick Santorum say such prodigiously stupid things? Are we … [Read more...]
U.S.A.F. Lifts London Travel Ban
From the "Stories You Don't See Covered in The Boston Globe," or "Why We Live in a Bubble Even Though We Think We Are Well Informed" file:The ban on U.S. air force personnel entering London following last week's terror … [Read more...]
When Teddy smacked Ricky
Go Ted. Yesterday, on the floor of the Senate, Ted Kennedy delivered a rare - and well-deserved - personal rebuke to fellow Senator Rick Santorum for Santorum's outrageous comments regarding Boston and the Catholic Church sex abuse … [Read more...]
Rove, Plame, and espionage
There's been lots of yakkity-yak, here and elsewhere, about whether Karl Rove (or anyone else who leaked Valerie Plame's CIA identity to the press) has really committed a crime. I'd say 99.8% of the discussion (including my own) has … [Read more...]
Rick Santorum has apparently gone insane
Senator Rick Santorum (R-Pa.), when asked if he stands by his three-year-old remarks linking the clergy sex abuse crisis in the Catholic Church to the supposedly pervasively liberal attitudes in Massachusetts, had this to say, according to … [Read more...]
Deval Patrick chats up Blue Mass. Group – film at 11
He promised us 10 minutes. He gave us 30. Charley, Bob and I just got off a fascinating and wide-ranging conference call with Mass. Gov candidate Deval Patrick. We talked housing, health care, construction, political … [Read more...]