What is it with the Kennedy people and Massachusetts cities and towns? … [Read more...]
Primary Day is TOMORROW; quick hits
Been trying to keep track of too many things! As we speak, the City of Boston, pop. 692,600 has exactly ONE dropbox for mail-in ballots -- at City Hall on the third floor. They didn't leave them up at the early polling places, as far … [Read more...]
The Blake shooting — and the end of a culture of police impunity?
In the wake of Jacob Blake's shooting by police, we're all asking the same question, as the Globe puts it: "Why hasn’t the Mass. Legislature sent a police accountability bill to the governor?" We support the Boston Celtics and Milwaukee … [Read more...]
Toward an UnAlienated America
Both parties allowed the good jobs to be shipped overseas or automated leaving behind a plague of addiction, out of wedlock births, and racial tension in their wake. There’s no class solidarity to be had when the white working class is … [Read more...]
Toward Net Zero Energy: Tiny Houses on Up
The Laney College Carpentry Department in Oakland, California built a net zero tiny house, the Wedge, in 2016 for the SMUD Net Zero Tiny House Competition https://youtu.be/PyxJQynaC_c That tiny house is for sale … [Read more...]
Help us make laws matter again in “progressive” Massachusetts
Would you believe me if I told you that we live in a dictatorship in Massachusetts under Charlie Baker? Gov Baker likes to pretend he won't tell people what to do, but in some very important cases he has all the power to force his … [Read more...]
It’s Your Fault :The System is Not Rigged and is Not to Blame
On Fox News this morning, the featured guest was Star Parker and her organization "Urban Cure". The subject was the removal of certain billboards paid for by the organization and placed in low income area of Milwaukee. They say: Tired of … [Read more...]
Endorsements: DotNews & Lydia Edwards vs. … Nancy Pelosi?
Well this is a strange one: Nancy Pelosi has made an incursion into the Massachusetts Senate race by endorsing Joe Kennedy III. This is unusual and a bit odd, but it probably reflects strategic thinking on her part: The kinds of things that … [Read more...]
The Bay State Stonewall Democrats Calls For Independent Investigation And Resignation Of Individuals In Baseless Accusations Against An Openly Gay Candidate
The following statement was released by Bay State Stonewall Democrats on August 15, 2020: We condemn the unsubstantiated allegations of sexual misconduct against Alex Morse, an openly gay candidate, admittedly raised by members of the … [Read more...]
Reviving the Audacity of Hope
I cannot believe this speech was 16 years ago. It has been half a lifetime for me since I volunteered at the 2004 convention in Boston. While I did not get to see the speech in person, I did wave to then State Senator Obama outside the … [Read more...]
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