On this day in 1878, according to the Massachusetts Foundation for the Humanities, "several thousand supporters of Ezra Heywood held an 'Indignation Meeting' at Boston's Faneuil Hall. They were protesting his conviction and imprisonment on … [Read more...]
New: Do-it-yourself traffic reports
As you know, we're all for transparency here at BMG, which is why I keep everyone up to date on our traffic. But we're also all for not making more work for ourselves than is necessary. So, instead of my going through the … [Read more...]
Tradition Is Never Broken – For Any Reason!!!
Remember when the battle was won and settled by 1930 to maintain the tradition that dated back to the Garden of Eden of permitting at least twelve states of the United States to allow their 14 year old teenage boys to marry their 12 year … [Read more...]
Hub Killing Spree: What To Do (A poll)
Weird daily experience amongst most Boston educators: reading papers each day to see if last kid shot was someone from your school.... Let's sort through competing ideas on "what to do" about rapid escalation of shootings. 1. … [Read more...]
A million and counting
Some time earlier this month, according to the good people of statcounter, BMG recorded its one millionth page view.Also from the "not terribly meaningful statistics" file, we're rapidly approaching our 1,500th registered user, our 3,000th … [Read more...]
Weekly traffic report
One of our biggest weeks ever, due no doubt to the confluence of the Constitutional Convention and the disaster in the Big Dig tunnel. Thursday, the day after the ConCon, was our third-biggest day ever. … [Read more...]
Weekly traffic report
Comment ratings: tweaking the system again
I like the "hidden comments" feature. For those unfamiliar with it, the idea is that if enough users give a really low rating to a particular comment, the comment disappears from view. This allows the community, rather than the … [Read more...]
Weekly traffic report
-- long holiday weekend edition. Happy 4th, everyone! … [Read more...]
A Progressive Remembrance of Jim Morrison
The Doors called themselves âerotic politiciansâ. Though they did not specialize in protest music, the lyrics of their hard-hitting âUnknown Soldierâ can be understood today:[slow] Wait until the war is over / And we're both a … [Read more...]
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