Hello again, Blue Mass Group. Some of you may remember us as longtime contributors who met on these pages during the 2013 Boston mayoral campaign and ended up working together at City Hall. Now, after nearly four years, we look back with … [Read more...]
Liberals, Leftists, the Perfect, and the Good
Here is a data point that bears on the "liberals versus leftists" stuff folks have been talking about. After the US withdrew from the Trans-Pacific Partnership, the eleven remaining countries continued negotiations, and they now have … [Read more...]
End of Haiti TPS delayed
Another addition to the reign of cruelty by the Trump Administration, and one that cuts close to home: DHS ended Temporary Protected Status for some 60,000 Haitian immigrants, including some 5,000 in Massachusetts. Racist former DHS … [Read more...]
Conyers Redux
This is my experience with Representative John Conyers, Jr. As an intern in his office in 1986, I experienced him as a kind and gentle soul, who believed deeply in the equality of all people, and worked every day to advance that … [Read more...]
Nice Guys Commit Genocide
"On 7/12/95, as this video shows, Ratko Mladic gave candy to Bosnia children & said “don’t be afraid.” Then he led massacre of 8,000 in Srebrenica. Today he's convicted of genocide, forever etching his name in history as mass murderer … [Read more...]
Baker on fracked gas: He has to choose.
To follow up on the press release from the pipeline protestors at the State House ... The vastness of the climate issue really requires us to organize our thoughts a bit. Some things are more important than others; there is a hierarchy of … [Read more...]
Fentanyl Redux
Last week, fentanyl was a contentious topic during the debate on criminal justice reform in the House. An amendment to that bill would have imposed a mandatory minimum prison sentence of five years (with the possibility of a life sentence) … [Read more...]
Exposing Charlie Baker’s con
WILLIAMSTOWN — A lot of people admire our governor, the impeccable Charlie Baker. After all, he has boyish good looks, smiles a lot, and talks softly. As such many regard him as a moderating force, the "grown-up in the room." Of course, … [Read more...]
Elephant Habeas Case: Steven Wise Is A Well-Intentioned Menace
Cross-posted at Letters Blogatory. At the bitter end of the Monkey Selfie case, I pointed out that the "animals are people" genre of animal rights litigation isn't just a feel-good resume builder for bright 2Ls in the animal rights … [Read more...]
The media and the Dems are fixated on condemning Al Franken, but are ignoring the Roger Stone connection and allowing the Republicans to keep diverting the issue from their tax reform debacle
I'm not defending Al Franken's alleged sexual harassment of Leeann Tweeden in 2006, but why have so many Democrats and most of the media avoided discussion of the possible role of a sleazy Trump operative in disseminating the … [Read more...]
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