The NYT reports Democrats plan to call two witnesses to challenge Alito's integrity: one chap who says the judge did not recuse himself, as promised in his 1990 confirmation hearings, from a case involving Vanguard, which managed his … [Read more...]
More On Reilly
To be honest, I don't care if he did it to be a friend or to be a good Attorney General, although it certainly ended up as both. As both articles point out, autopsy records are private, confidential. Reilly's phonecall to the Worcester DA … [Read more...]
Cheshire Rebels Against Voting Machines
The North Adams Transcript reports Cheshire has informed Galvin they will not install electronic voting machines as required by federal law because the existing paper ballot system works just fine (hat tip, BradBlog and … [Read more...]
Pat Robertson has totally lost it
As you'll recall, Pat Robertson warned the residents of Dover, PA - who recently voted out a school board more interested in indoctrination than education - that they shouldn't expect any help from God if a natural disaster were visited … [Read more...]
Zoning out, Pt. 2: A new study on housing supply
The upshot of the project is really quite simple: The housing market in the greater Boston area suffers from a lack of supply, which has led to skyrocketing real estate prices. The number of new housing permits is quite small compared to, … [Read more...]
More misleading arguments on health care
Massachusetts employers are already doing more to broaden healthcare access than employers in almost any other state.... In 2003,... 66 percent of Massachusetts employers provided health benefits compared with 56 percent … [Read more...]
Silbert’s good start means more work ahead
Just perused the OCPF reports and it's a good start for Andrea Silbert - her message is resonating and her viability is clear in her fundraising total:$410k raised$299k on hand Councilor-attorney-Mayor Tim Murray has had a great month of … [Read more...]
Reilly’s Involvement in Worcester Investigation
As I mentioned in a previous post, AG Thomas Reilly worked to ensure that a young woman's medical records were not released publicly. Originally, I thought this was Reilly taking a stand for privacy rights. In reading the article over again … [Read more...]