As <a href="http://bluemassgroup.com/showDiary.do?diaryId=561">we've discussed at great length, I agree with a lot of today's <a … [Read more...]
Don’t forget the special elections!
There are three important primaries for State House seats next week (Tuesday Jan. 10): Middlesex 27th (Somerville), Worcester 2nd (Gardner), and Bristol 1st (Foxboro, though neither primary in this race is contested). There are some … [Read more...]
Prove Christ exists, judge orders priest
Yesterday Gaetano Mautone, a judge in Viterbo, set a preliminary hearing for the end of this month and ordered Father Righi to appear. The judge had earlier refused to take up the case, but was overruled last month by the Court of Appeal, … [Read more...]
More New Year’s rambling
Happy New Year! I hope you are detoxifying nicely. Here's a few things to chew on: How to say nothing at great length: <a … [Read more...]
Anyone else think this was weird?
The lead article in Sunday's Boston Globe Magazine - featured with a big graphic on the cover - asked whether it was time to bring back the death penalty in Massachusetts.Huh?There are a lot of peculiar things about this article. … [Read more...]
GLAD sues to invalidate anti-marriage ballot question
Gay & Lesbian Advocates & Defenders (GLAD) has filed suit to contest Attorney General and Gov candidate Tom Reilly's certification of the proposed ballot question that would overrule the Supreme Judicial Court's legalization of … [Read more...]
Things to look for in the Alito hearings
As we approach the confirmation hearings for Supreme Court nominee Samuel Alito (they begin next Monday), here are a couple of items from his past that you can expect to figure prominently in the questioning. I've added emphasis to … [Read more...]
Ought 6?
The Massachusetts economy, trapped between an absentee Governor and a legislature focused first on obsructing His Excellency and second on adopting effective policies, will continue to languish. Needed investments in education, mass … [Read more...]