This morning, Donald Trump began shredding the First Amendment (emphasis mine): President Donald Trump on Wednesday suggested that NBC’s broadcast license should be pulled as punishment for the network's reporting on his national security … [Read more...]
A slow-moving train crash: 20 years+ of disinvestment in the T
Michael Widmer, formerly of Mass. Taxpayers Association, gives a recap of the last twenty years (plus) -- twenty years -- of dawdling and avoidance on actually funding our transportation needs. It's a sad tale of short-sightedness and … [Read more...]
Attention Bernie Sanders supporters/Our Revolution members: Volunteer for Paul Feeney for State Senate in the next 7 days!
Are you a supporter of Bernie Sanders? Are you a member of Our Revolution Mass (ORMA)? If so, have you volunteered for Paul Feeney, the Democratic nominee for State Senate for the Bristol and Norfolk district? Because he needs your help to … [Read more...]
RIP Robert Honeysucker
We all lost a great man last week, with the sudden death of Robert Honeysucker. The opera world knew him as a marvelously talented baritone. The Boston gospel music world knew him as an equally talented interpreter of traditional … [Read more...]
Time For Action on Police Militarization: Turn Out & Testify To Stop Warrior Cops, Tuesday 10am @ Statehouse
In the last few years, communities like Haverhill, New Bedford and tiny Rehoboth have acquired mine-resistant military assault vehicles for just the cost of shipping from the federal government; police in Palmer, MA have acquired a camera … [Read more...]
Public or private, there are a lot of ways to waste money
You can waste money in the public sector. You can waste money via privatization. As I mentioned a couple of days ago, putting public projects out to bid for private contractors is not a cure-all, nor a guaranteed money-saver, nor a … [Read more...]
Time to Repeal and Replace the Second Amendment?
Very surprised by this thoughtful argument from the Times new conservative pundit Bret Stephens. A contrarian is right twice a day, and while he may be quite wrong on climate change, he is absolutely advancing an argument we need to have on … [Read more...]
Truly deplorable
Distribution of Democrats and Republicans in a 10-item scale of political values A new Pew study is described in an NPR piece published today. While the NPR piece and the Pew study that it describes are studiously neutral, the attitudes … [Read more...]
Once Again, It Is Time for Massachusetts to Lead The Way on Health Reform
Last week, President Trump and the Republicans in Washington came dangerously close to taking health insurance away from tens of millions of Americans. Millions more would have lost coverage for preexisting conditions or seen their premiums … [Read more...]
Baker lays up treasures
Stonehill Professor Peter Ubertaccio has a new post decrying the tactics of Setti Warren's campaign, trying to strip the bark off of Charlie Baker's popularity. Setti Warren's campaign is alleging that the governor is dallying on Puerto … [Read more...]
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