We're now used to referring to grocery workers, nurses, and other exposed occupations as frontline workers. They're heroes! And/or, they're folks who simply are forced to do extremely dangerous work with badly-insufficient … [Read more...]
Kennedy Lays Out the Contrast
Kennedy’s interview with Jon Keller is very good stuff and shows us the kind of active, and engaged Senator he will be for all of Massachusetts. During times of crisis his campaign is reaching out to seniors, sending food to front line … [Read more...]
How’s the MA Congressional delegation doing?
My US Representative Katherine Clark (MA-5) is in Dem leadership as the Caucus Vice Chair, the 6th-highest-ranking Rep. The decision to "go inside" is not without cost, as she sometimes seems to hold her tongue on matters of consequence, as … [Read more...]
We need to talk about Joe Biden
Andrei brought it up already, and I want to chime in. Tara Reade's sexual assault accusation against Joe Biden is credible. She is consistent in her testimony; she told people at the time; and it was taken seriously by her family, to the … [Read more...]
Let’s be radical: Clean air shows us the potential of a zero-carbon future
Another working day has endedOnly the rush hour hell to facePacked like lemmings into shiny metal boxesContestants in a suicidal raceThe Police, "Synchronicity II" I had a beloved extended family member pass away from COVID-19 this past … [Read more...]
Is it time for cabinet to remove Trump?
President Trump has promoted the use of hydroxychloroquine to combat COVID-19. It's dangerous and recent evidence shows that it is unlikely to work. A confused elder took chloroquine phosphate, mistakenly thinking he was protecting … [Read more...]
Earth Day: “We win, they lose”
Sorry I'm a day late. Earth Day, as it's now celebrated, is wrapped in a kind of sentimentality. We're made to think about the Earth, about animals, about nature, about polar bears. Don't get me wrong -- the experience of nature is … [Read more...]
RIP Donald Reed Herring
The coronavirus has hit close to home to MA political circles, as it has claimed the life of 86-year old Donald Reed Herring, eldest brother of Sen. Elizabeth Warren. Please join me in sending thoughts and prayers to our senior Senator and … [Read more...]
Earth Day 50 year anniversary
I attended the first 1970 Earth Day celebration in Washington as a history major co-op student at Northeastern University working as a park ranger at Fort McHenry in Baltimore. As a witness to history on it's 50 year anniversary … [Read more...]
It Didn’t Have to Be this Way
Anyone telling you that the choice between staying closed or economic recovery is a binary one is either lying or being lied to. Germany gave up to 12 months payroll relief to every employer so that when it’s safe to resume economic … [Read more...]
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