On October 7, the Joint Committee on the Judiciary of the Massachusetts legislature held a marathon hearing on "Protected Classes. Privacy, and Data Collection Legislation". To be fair, Boston.com and the Boston Herald both reproduced … [Read more...]
Boston Herald Trolls With Racist Obama Cartoon
The Boston Herald, the voice of old-school Boston racists, is in the national spotlight today for this overtly racist cartoon about President Obama and Secret Service breaches. The cartoonist is defending himself by claiming that, much like … [Read more...]
From Media Thru Pols, Enough Warren Muck
Let's not even pretend that Elizabeth Warren's repeating family anecdotes about having Cherokee ancestors is important, substantive in the race for US Senate. What it does illustrate includes: First the Boston Herald, dogged closely by … [Read more...]
Thank you Boston Herald and Lowell Sun!
Governor Patrick's proposal to dismantle the Committee for Public Counsel Services (CPCS) and move the constitutionally mandated defense of indigent Massachusetts residents into the executive branch is poorly thought out. This … [Read more...]
Letting killers go
When should a life sentence mean life? And, if the momentum to reform parole and sentencing continues to build, how close will the state come to locking up repeat burglars for 30 years? This is the subject of tomorrow's Friday Throwdown … [Read more...]
Boston Herald Endorses Mike Lake!
The Boston Herald has endorsed Mike Lake and I agree with their assessment. Like Mike, I have to wonder why it takes 42 supervisors to supervise 43 workers as the Auditor's office is currently constituted. Further, having met and spoken … [Read more...]
Immigration Throwdown tomorrow! Join the fun.
Boston Herald Immigration Throwdown link tomorrow, Friday 7/9/10. This will be a live, online, semi-moderated discussion which will create a recorded transcript. Let's have a group effort, more of a tag team if you can do a … [Read more...]
BREAKING NEWS – Friday throwdown at Boston Herald concerning Scott Brown TODAY 7/3/10
To view or participate in the Throwdown Come one come all. I have something to say so will take a lunch break from the brief I am writing to join in. Besides, some of these votes are "personal" with me - my husband's work … [Read more...]
Will Sen. Scott Brown Meet With Massachusetts Immigrant Youth Before April 17?
Currently, we are not asking for any policy commitments from Sen. Brown. We are only asking for a simple meeting. We want Sen. Brown to hear the stories of immigrant youth who have been affected by the broken federal … [Read more...]
Transcript of Gov. Patrick’s online chat at the Herald now online
The transcript Transcript of Gov online w Herald I don't have time to read it right now but will later. And you? … [Read more...]