She then went on to discuss the startling, new positions of education scholar Diane Ravitch, once an advocate and now a critic of testing, charters, standards, and school closings. Incredibly, the Globe has still not followed the lead of … [Read more...]
Joan Vennochi and the Masters of the Speaker’s Office
Vennochi's complaint is that the progressive bloc of the Democratic Party is apparently willing to let Speaker DiMasi get away with anything, so long as he's pushing our agenda. While I've been very supportive of him, I don't find … [Read more...]
Bad rules should be broken to make votes count
Globe columnist Joan Vennochi's April 17 column about Democratic women meeting with our state's U.S. Senators and Governor urging them to ensure all Democratic Primary votes will count in the Party's nomination process struck a … [Read more...]
Venocchi has the whole story on Reilly/Gabrieli fallout
Does Joan Venocchi have one of those mail2web thingies where she can check everyone's emails? No, this time it's the Gabrieli campaign that's overtly supplying the e-mail trail, showing a coherent narrative of unbelievably incoherent … [Read more...]
Thank You & A Call for Reilly’s Resignation
Thank you, David & BMG - clearly, Bonifaz, the unions, and now the reporters have demonstrated that you are the true source of news in Boston. Vennochi can get some credit, but at BMG, we all knew the story broke wide open right … [Read more...]
Trickle-down health care
Health care reform will likely end up in a cash bonanza for area hospitals; <a href="http://www.boston.com/news/globe/editorial_opinion/oped/articles/2006/04/02/healthcare_reform____with_a_dose_of_profit">Joan Vennochi and <a … [Read more...]