...And weeeee'll keep on buying -- till the end ... Boston is the #1 bubblicious-est housing market in the country, says Kiplingers Personal Finance (at  Yahoo). And our soft job market is part of the reason for concern:The problem, … [Read more...]

DFA has endorsed Pat Jehlen for Massachusetts State Senate: "Jehlen has the experience, vision, and determination to stand up for all families of the 2nd Middlesex District. During her fourteen years as a state representative, she has … [Read more...]

Whatever he's on, I want some... Scot Lehigh seems really impressed that Mitt's still acting like he's the governor and stuff. Last week's tonguebath of Our Guv included this wisdom (my emphasis):Although it is stances struck with an … [Read more...]

So Our Guv had a hearing on his new "flawless" death penalty plan. David has already dealt with the issue of its expense, which would be enormous. The bill's prospects for passage are dim. But there's also a convergence of … [Read more...]

A hearty endorsement to my colleague David's pro-freedom editorialrejecting the Globe's proposed prohibition on cell phone use whiledriving. As readers Stomv and Ken point out in the Comments thread to David's post, wealready have laws … [Read more...]

Today the Globe, echoing my co-blogger's similar call months ago, has endorsed a bill that would ban all use of cellphones by anyone while driving, except in case of emergency.  The reasoning: It is inherently distracting to talk on … [Read more...]

Our so-called Governor has finally opened his mouth about Sen. Rick Santorum's outrageous "Boston made me do it" theory on clergy sex abuse, after days of letting his flacks do it.  Here's what he had to say, according to the … [Read more...]

Well, all politics is still local, and while we've kept ourselves entertained here at the 'Group with the Santorum-vs.-Boston pissing match, the real question is this: Why does Rick Santorum say such prodigiously stupid things? Are we … [Read more...]

Go Ted.  Yesterday, on the floor of the Senate, Ted Kennedy delivered a rare - and well-deserved - personal rebuke to fellow Senator Rick Santorum for Santorum's outrageous comments regarding Boston and the Catholic Church sex abuse … [Read more...]

Senator Rick Santorum (R-Pa.), when asked if he stands by his three-year-old remarks linking the clergy sex abuse crisis in the Catholic Church to the supposedly pervasively liberal attitudes in Massachusetts, had this to say, according to … [Read more...]