If you don't read the comments, you missed this news from the wryly named "sound of one hand clapping": marketing consultant and gay ex-priest Christopher Schiavone has formed a campaign committee for a run against the, uh, … [Read more...]
Staying warm and saving money with stomv
So, as I've said, heating prices will be nuts this winter. Commenter stomv has now twice submitted excellent lists of suggestions for how to protect yourself from the impact, so I'm "promoting" his suggestions from the comments … [Read more...]
Action: Call today to support health care reform
Sorry for such late notice: If you can, call your state Reps and Senators today to demand significant health care reform. This is an action in conjunction with the MassACT coalition, who is pushing the most significant and ambitious of the … [Read more...]
The staffers are revolting
Conservative opposition to the nomination of Harriet Miers to the Supreme Court continues to mount. The NY Times reports that aides to 6 of the 10 Republican Senators on the Judiciary Committee have (anonymously, of course) expressed … [Read more...]
Scooter Libby’s freedom flashing before his eyes
The ever-intrepid Murray Waas has the latest scoop on Novak-Plame-gate. Waas reports today in the National Journal that Scooter Libby, Dick Cheney's chief of staff, (1) did not tell special prosecutor Patrick Fitzgerald, the grand … [Read more...]
Globe’s copy editor meets the PC police
I was browsing the Sunday Globe's article on the "most authentic" Boston-area restaurants of various types when I came across this amusing couple of sentences in the section on southern food, talking up Chef Lee's II Soul Food in … [Read more...]
Current.tv
Current TV, the new San Francisco based cable channel chaired by Al Gore, offers a 24-hour stream of mini documentaries about ten minutes long. I watched the channel a lot recently in New York and enjoyed it immensely.The spots are … [Read more...]
Tax shelter sleaze at Miers’ Texas law firm
TaxProf Blog reports that while Harriet Miers was managing partner of Locke, Liddell and Sapp in Dallas, the firm provided dubious legal opinions supporting the legality of sleazy tax shelters offered by Ernst & Young. They did … [Read more...]
Willard Gets Deferential
Only two of the nation's governors have gone on the record to support Bush's suggestion that the Pentagon manage future natural disaster responses: Willard, and Republican Gov. Tim Pawlenty of Minnesota. "A fair question to ask is, 'If … [Read more...]
Turn Up the Heat
Background from NESEA:"We waste too much energy, and it's having a terrible impact on public health, the environment, and our pocketbooks."Meanwhile we're using energy sources like coal and oil which cause asthma and heart attacks … [Read more...]