Salon: Someone -- I won't speculate as to who, though Kelly surely knows -- handed Strong a story: Mayer plagiarized blogger Lee Fang for her Koch piece! Except Fang himself said: "Jane Mayer properly credited me in her story. She clearly … [Read more...]
The new MAlegislature.gov: sleek new look, same crappy content!
The subject of the MA legislature's new website has arisen in the comments, but, this being a blog and all, I thought it was worth its own post. The old legislative website was kind of goofy - 1990s-era web design, and the content was … [Read more...]
IOKIYAR, local edition
IOKIYAR, for those who haven't run across this peculiar acronym, stands for "It's OK If You're a Republican" - the double standard that seems to have taken root across much of the political landscape these days. Things that are … [Read more...]
By the way, Howie donates money to Republicans
With all the hullaballoo going on nowadays about what "opinion journalists" (whatever that means) should or should not do, it's well to reflect on the behavior of some of our local opinionistas. Dan Kennedy has done yeoman's work … [Read more...]
Screw WRKO, we’re having our *own* blogging contest! :D
In one of the funniest developments of the current political season, WRKO, home of Tom 'n' Todd, Howie Carr, and other talk radio blabbermouths, is holding a contest it's calling "The Next Great Political Blogger." It's pretty simple: … [Read more...]
The perils of twittering
So I've been getting into the Twitter lately, and I have to say it's pretty fun. There's something satisfying about pushing out 140-character tidbits of information, links, argument, and snark, without feeling like you have to flesh … [Read more...]
The Stars Have Aligned: The Time Is Now for the DREAM Act
For those that don't know, the Development Relief and Education for Alien Minors (DREAM) Act would give the right to exist to almost a million migrant youth who are American in every sense except for the piece of paper that recognizes them … [Read more...]
The Collateral Damage of the Circus of the Right
Can anyone breathe right now? It's a concern because the Tea Partiers and anti-Muslim bigots are using up all the air. The media can only collectively pay attention to so much apparently and the cost of these people's fighting … [Read more...]
Conspiracy aimed at the unemployed?
Much of politics is manipulation of others to achieve goals. So conspiracies abound. They may be between and politician and any group or groups. Often it starts in the media. Often the media is tasked to change the … [Read more...]
How to spoil your Sunday brunch: read the Globe’s probation expose
Today's Globe has a first-rate Spotlight Team exposé about the extraordinary -- mind-boggling, really -- level of patronage and hack hiring that has gone on in the probation department since the legislature gave itself control of the … [Read more...]
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