Time columnist Joe Klein provided a useful summary of Romney's health care proposal, and criticisms of it from left and right, in a recent issue.He wrote, "Here is how it would work. Massachusetts now spends about $1 billion a year to … [Read more...]
“Matinee Mitt”
WSJ reporter Deborah Solomon speculates that Republicans may have difficulty holding on to some statehouses next year. Willard, she notes, has given his party a particularly uphill task in Massachusetts. So much for the conservative … [Read more...]
Hey, can they really do that?
Scientists have decreed that an extra second will be added to 2005 this year.You know, there are lots of times when I thought an extra few seconds would come in handy - the SATs, getting stuck in traffic on the way to an appointment, … [Read more...]
Go Sam go!
In one of his first acts as a Boston City Councillor - he hasn't even been sworn in yet - Sam Yoon has taken a stand against the state's ghastly blue laws. Among numerous other problems (that I have detailed here and here), the blue … [Read more...]
Gas price spike in Medford
You knew ExxonMobil was doing it all along... … [Read more...]
Welcome Boston Globe readers!
If you first heard about us from today's Boston Globe article, welcome! We have been writing about Massachusetts politics for over a year now - check out the archives of Mass. politics in general, and about the 2006 Democratic primary … [Read more...]
Our Christmas History
BackgroundLike other Massachusetts Puritans, Increase Mather considered Christmas a "profane and superstitious custom." The Boston minister wrote in 1687 that December 25th was observed as the birth date of Christ not because "Christ was … [Read more...]
“I Don’t Care”, says Feingold
What first struck me when I read this was an echo of one of my favorite parts of Dean's early stump speech. He would bring up his decision to support civil unions, seriously risking his political career in the process. He would … [Read more...]
Barron’s says the “I” word
Barron's, a business publication owned by the Wall Street Journal, has published an editorial suggesting that Congress consider impeaching President Bush over the NSA wiretapping scandal, according to Raw Story.The link to the editorial is … [Read more...]
A depressing confession
We here at BMG have been advocates for embryonic stem cell research. We've backed reform of state laws to make it easier to conduct embryonic stem cell research, and we've lamented the fact that certain laws and policies in the US … [Read more...]