This is an update on an old post. This system is a bit buggier than I had hoped. I beg your patience -- we'll all come round right eventually. I've disabled comment editing, since a bug was found. I'm trying to get answers from the … [Read more...]
A positive development: YIMBY for housing
There's a new movement afoot for housing: Yes In My Back Yard: ... YIMBYs are a small but growing group of activists pushing for more housing and development, under the theory that building more is the only way this crowded and costly … [Read more...]
A Declaration of Resistance
(I've been working on this a few days and was going to post on July 4th, but with news of the past week it seems more time-sensitive than that. It's scary what I DIDN'T have to change! Also, this is my first post on the new BMG so I hope … [Read more...]
I’m Laughing Watching Us Democrats Continue To Inflict Mortal Wounds Upon Ourselves
WTF people? Everyday the Democrats should be harping on the Trump administration's policies and actions that are screwing the middle class/working class voters. Unfortunately the Republicans still corner the market on fighting for these … [Read more...]
Green eyeshades, no vision
On a day like today, a week like this week, a year like this one ... it's hard to focus attention on what's going on in the Commonwealth. But someone's gotta mind the store ... Joan Vennochi notes Baker's reluctance to pick fights with … [Read more...]
Halfway Through the Beginning of the End of Trump
It's a race between Article 25, Impeachment, and Resignation. We may have the most venal Republicans ever in office. They may be willing to sell their mother's healthcare down the river for the sake of freedom. They may be willing to kill … [Read more...]
Sisyphus Shrugged: Unsolicited Advice for Single Payer People
It seems a grim possibility that Congress will pass some kind of tear-down of the Affordable Care Act. The resistance, the visceral anger that this is provoking across the country is evidence that the ACA, for all its omissions, did … [Read more...]
Criminal justice reform: It’s MA vs. Sessions
The enlightened MA voter is sick of wasting money and human potential on imprisonment: Two-thirds of residents said prevention programs for youth and job training and education for inmates should be higher priorities in addressing crime … [Read more...]
Winners and Losers of the Recent Nuclear Holocaust
Some Friday humor. This is a thing of beauty. I wish I could post the whole thing. Concerns that a more deliberative Senate would splash cold water on a rare show of Republican unity proved unfounded when Senator Susan Collins (R-ME), … [Read more...]
Fine Time is not fine with me.
Gov. Charlie Baker filed a bill that would assist individuals who owed, but were unable to pay court fees such as the $150 charge that indigent defendants must pay for a public defender, probation supervision fees or other fees. A recent … [Read more...]