Anyone remember when Romney said he wasn't running for reelection, but that his quest for national office wouldn't keep him from attending to business here at home?Guess not.  A GOP-sponsored hunting trip in Georgia, for God's … [Read more...]

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...]

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...]

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...]

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...]

OK, here goes.  I reserve the right to be totally, embarrassingly, wrong.The confirmation hearings for Supreme Court nominee Samuel Alito will be the most contentious since Clarence Thomas and will regularly make the evening … [Read more...]

The After Downing Street coalition is holding an event on January 7, in Cambridge, at which Secretary of State candidate John Bonifaz will speak.  Full information on the event, including where to register, is posted on our calendar … [Read more...]

Thursday, Prof. Edward Glaeser (of Harvard's Rappaport Institute for Greater Boston) and associates discuss a new report on zoning and housing prices: Among other things, how two-acre-minimum lot sizes make things expensive, but free up … [Read more...]

A week ago, <a href="http://www.boston.com/news/globe/editorial_opinion/oped/articles/2005/12/23/will_foy_save_the_t/">Charles Chieppo had an op-ed in the Globe criticizing plans for MBTA rail expansion to Medford, Newburyport, … [Read more...]