Democrats, progressives, independents, and disaffected Republicans, have an incredible opportunity in the next nine months. Thanks to the now cliche "culture of corruption" in Washington, D.C., more and more voters are looking for an … [Read more...]

Rep. Anne Paulsen, a progressive Democrat who represents Belmont and parts of Arlington and Cambridge, has announced that she will not run for re-election this November.I like the last paragraph of the Alewife article:Paulsen made it clear … [Read more...]

This week's Somerville Journal and Somerville News both endorse Denise Provost for State Representative in the upcoming Democratic primary to be held next Tuesday, January 10.Both editorials also say nice things about Denise's opponent, … [Read more...]

Pre-primary finance reports were due 1/3 for the three special elections.http://www.mass.gov/ocpf/Wo 2Ellis (D) 6825Rice (D)9275McCallum (D) 2575Dennehy (R) 18,855 (5,000 from self)Venuto (U) no reportBr 1Coppola (R) 5026 (500 from … [Read more...]

Looking for something outside of the car (building, street sign, etc.) (23% of drivers in a distracted related crash; 0.8% of all drivers)Dealing with children or other passengers (19%; 0.7% of all drivers)Looking for something inside the … [Read more...]

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...]

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...]

Meyer S. Frucher, chairman of the Philadelphia Stock Exchange and director of the New York Governor's Office of Employee Relations from 1978 to 1983, and Joseph M. Bress, who held the same position from 1990 to 1994 and is now vice … [Read more...]

BUSH AT YEAR-ENDBy William FisherMy editors, as well as many friends around the world, have been urging me to write something about how I think about George W. Bush as 2005 ends and a new year begins.I was reluctant because I have been … [Read more...]

Columbia University historian, and Brit, Simon Schama has offered a provocative early history of the 00s for The Guardian. He writes in part: "But if, for the hell of it, we can imagine an oracular, though fully digitised, historian a … [Read more...]