His Excellency's state of the state address begins at 7:30 pm, and we'll be there (well, actually we'll be in front of our TV) bringing you the play by play.  We apologize in advance for typos, grammatical errors, etc. that result from … [Read more...]

Tom Keane writes here in the Boston Herald that the Democrats shouldn't just hand the nomination for Governor to Tom Reilly.  Keane is absolutely right about that: Reilly needs to earn it.  And Keane aptly describes the problem of … [Read more...]

His Excellency the Governor will deliver his "state of the state" address tonight at 7:30 p.m.  And, in a first for the Blue Mass. Group, we'll be live-blogging throughout the speech.  Among other things, we're looking … [Read more...]

Here's an article from Washington Monthly with a slate of non-conventional candidates the Democrats could try to draft for '08: Bill Cosby? Tom Brokaw? Tom Hanks? etc. (Thanks to Political Animal for the steer -- hah.)[Hey, this bolding … [Read more...]

Reuters reports that New Jersey will spend $380 million to create a stem cell research institute, putting it in second place behind California's $3 billion voter-approved effort.Although New Jersey lacks Massachusetts's and California's … [Read more...]

Probably a lot of you already know, but if you haven't heard, Boston now has some lefty talk radio stations, 1200 and 1430 on your AM dial. They include much programming from liberal radio network Air America, and also Ed Schultz in evening … [Read more...]

In an apparent effort to make it more difficult for Mass. Attorney General Tom Reilly to bring his undeclared campaign for Governor to the internet, the Massachusetts Republican Party has registered several domain names that a Reilly … [Read more...]

State Senate President Robert Travaglini explains here what he plans to do in the upcoming legislative session.  The speech is predictably relatively short on specifics, but there are a few promising nuggets at which to … [Read more...]

See, old habits die hard, and Globe sportsgrouch Dan "Shank" Shaughnessy can't let a little old World Series Championship (let's say that again ... "World Series Championship" ...) get in the way of some sniping at our … [Read more...]

Let us harbor no illusions about who is pro-education: Republicans from the President and Congress all the way down have told colleges and their students, past and present, to go @#!% themselves. (For instance, here's a list of current … [Read more...]