The recent brouhaha over Scott Brown's vote on the Blunt Amendment will likely fade into memory in a news cycle or two. His policy position on the issue is obviously out of step with the majority of Bay State voters. However, the latest … [Read more...]
Essex County Sheriff’s Fundraising Questioned
Republican Sheriff Frank Cousins is defending his fundraising from employees, their families as well as contractors/vendors utilized by the Sheriff's Department. Cousins is quite the slippery character and top notch with how he's spinning … [Read more...]
Democracy Technology
A Facebook group called Upgrade Democracy is collecting a list of "teams/organizations working on technology-powered solutions to the systemic problems of governance/group decision-making." They want help in expanding the list … [Read more...]
“Just Politics” – Scott Brown’s Still Banking on Wall Street
Facing an increasingly long-shot reelection bid next year, Scott Brown has launched a Mitt Romney-style reinvention campaign, but his campaign coffers are still bursting with millions in Wall Street money from big bankers and financiers who … [Read more...]
On The Question Of Virginity, Or, “Starter? I Can’t Make Her Stop!”
I got a weird little story about my friend Blitz Krieger to bring to you today. He’s had a crazy car problem, he has, and over the past few months he thought he had found a solution – in fact, he thought he had found the solution of his … [Read more...]
On The Emergence Of China, Or, Zhou Knew This Was Coming
After doing a bit of mountain hiking a few days back, I had a chance to get involved in a great afternoon conversation with the Alliance for American Manufacturing’s Mike Wessel, who also serves as a Commissioner with the U.S.-China … [Read more...]
From Quirky, to Movement…
(Cross posted from my blog Left in Lowell. I've been thinking a lot about where we are and where we are headed lately in light of the Occupy[America] protest movement. Are we seeing a sea change, or just another blip like the anti-Iraq-war … [Read more...]
They were singing, “bye, bye Miss American Pie”
When the Watergate scandal broke, I was just old enough to grasp that something really bad, shocking in fact had happened. That was before "shocking" became just another mot du jour and scandals were not reality shows. I was raised by … [Read more...]
A quixotic stab at truth
Originally, I was looking forward to this post, as I figured it would allow me the opportunity to make fun of people who honestly believe that the terror attacks were orchestrated by secret lizard people controlling the simple mind of … [Read more...]
On Not Doing 9/11, Or, Right Now, I’ve Got A Desk To Clear
I’m going to be really honest with you: after all the fights at the mall to get just the right present for everybody and the giant hassle of going to the Post Office so I can get the perfect stamps for my cards – and then worrying that I … [Read more...]
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