Having easily overridden Mitt Romney's veto of the stem cell research bill, the state legislature will shortly turn its attention to the possibility of using state funds to support stem cell research in Massachusetts.  The Globe story … [Read more...]

Young parents are not sticking around MA, maybe because they can get a backyard elsewhere. Here's a Globe column from Charles Stein (thanks to Democrants):Specifically, [demographer Peter Francese] doesn't see enough young people in our … [Read more...]

The Globe reports that US Rep. Stephen Lynch is kinda sorta thinking about running for Governor, maybe.Lynch would be the most conservative Dem in the field.  I can respectfully disagree with his anti-choice views, but his vote in … [Read more...]

I can see two broad categories of reasons in support of the school board's decision to reject the privately-raised funds.  The "strategic" reasons are the variants on the notion that "if we accept private funds here, the … [Read more...]

So here's the long-awaited GBIO action recap. (I'm getting up at 4am tomorrow for a flight, so I won't be revising -- sorry for the typos and syntax.)I arrived a little later than I wanted to, about 6:40. Temple Israel was already swarming … [Read more...]

Two utterly unsurprising developments in today's news.  First, Governor Romney delivered on his promise to veto the stem cell research bill.  As we've noted, the bill passed the legislature by veto-proof margins in both houses, … [Read more...]

I find the Wellesley override story, as told in today's Globe, to be fascinating.  There were two possible Proposition 2-1/2 overrides on the May 10 ballot.  The first, for $3.6 million (average $329/year per taxpayer), failed by … [Read more...]

Well, Wired News shows a report with the incredible, unbelieveable, counter-intuitive, weirdo finding that wind power is just like, all around us, and just there for the taking.At the risk of repeating myself: the candidate that enumerates … [Read more...]

Well, I missed it until 11:24pm tonight, but a preview of tonight's GBIO action was on the front page of the Globe. It's not a bad article, really, although I wish it had concentrated on the trials that people endure right now, today, all … [Read more...]

Nice, another alterna-press mention of the MA blogosphere, this time in the Valley Advocate of Springfield:In the past year, Massachusetts has developed its own mini-blogosphere.It is still rather nascent, but there is a core group of … [Read more...]