Unless Massachusetts wants to be a third world style backwater, it MUST stop the bleed. What is "the bleed"? Well, for starters, "the bleed" is loss of jobs, loss of the 22-35 age group because they move away in search of jobs and … [Read more...]
Is John McCain a “Tory” according to FDR?
Taylor, Nick American Made: The enduring legacy of the WPA: When FDR put the nation to work, Bantam Books, March, 2008 Reviewed at [among other locations] http://www.post-gazette.com/pg... The full Oglethorpe University … [Read more...]
37 % of the kids who age out of foster care at 18 are homeless – BUT I have a proposal
The first time, a friend in Utah called and said she was afraid her 18 year old would run away and was anorexic, could she stay with us for a while. We had known "L" since she was 5 years old and said certainly. With us, … [Read more...]
Freddie and Fannie were NOT bailed out – they were nationalized – isn’t that socialist?
Reuters: http://www.reuters.com/article... [no dividends] Housing Note: http://www.housingwire.com/200... This is no longer the worst housing crisis since the Great Depression, this is the worst housing crisis, … [Read more...]
Clinical Depression is an Illness
Depression has a high degree of morbidity and a worrisome level of mortality. It is a potentially life threatening illness. It is incredibly painful to those who suffer from it and to their loved ones who find it hard to … [Read more...]
Mass. Liberal on depression in public life
Just go read it, will ya?Maybe we should let Deval Patrick do his job (it could stand some improvement). And we should allow the Patrick family some privacy -- after all she is not Britney Spears. And most of all, maybe we should learn … [Read more...]