Massachusetts Democrats have a bad name as a back-scratching oldboy's club that look the other way when it suits them. The new drunkdriving bill passed last week by the Legislature is a case in point.Willard said the bill had loopholes … [Read more...]
I get meta: Daily Kos as a public policy engine?
Below is a diary I posted on DailyKos. I'm amazed at how much energy goes into the posts, diaries and comments on that site, and yet I feel like it could all be harnessed to much greater actual effect on what our government actually does. … [Read more...]
Irve Indicted
Let's get the nomenclature straight before we go any further with the "Scooter Goes to Jail" discussion. "I" Lewis Libby is not an imperial form of address ala "I, Claudius" (although that may have been where … [Read more...]
They get letters
A letter from former Massachusetts Medicaid commissioner James J. Callahan Jr., in yesterday's Globe:AN INDIVIDUAL mandate for healthcare coverage is bad public policybecause it assumes that the provision of healthcare is an individual,not … [Read more...]
Health Care: What’s your bottom line?
So, with health care reform (or "reform") apparently barrelling down the pike, we always knew the devil was going to be in the details. And now, all stakeholders will find themselves challenged -- ethically, economically, … [Read more...]
Senator Barrios talks health care
Sen. Barrios has an interesting perspective, which in a sense may show the general direction of the Senate as much as his own wishes for the legislation. Barrios is a self-described "progressive Democrat", who places the greatest … [Read more...]
You tell ’em, Harry
Senate minority leader Harry Reid (D-Nev.) on this morning's withdrawal of Harriet Miers's nomination to the Supreme Court:The radical right wing of the Republican Party killed the Harriet Miers nomination. Apparently, Ms. Miers did not … [Read more...]
Republican moral limbo: How low can you go?
So, a week after John Edwards begins his national tour for poverty awareness, House Republicans revealed their poverty program: Grind the middle class and poor into dust.Republicans began targeting key programs for budget cuts … [Read more...]