The Cambridge Democracy for America September Meeting will be held tomorrow Tuesday 13 September at 7.00 PM at 133 Mt. Auburn Street in Cambridge (the Jesse Gordon Campaign HQ). The group has endorsed Jesse Gordon, Sam Seidel, Ken Reeves … [Read more...]
Nihilism
Tim Russert had an interesting guest on Meet the Press yesterday: John M. Barry, the author of ''Rising Tide: The Great Mississippi Flood of 1927 and How It Changed America." Here's a Globe article about him.The fascinating thing about … [Read more...]
Katrina: the legal wrangling begins
... and it ain't gonna be pretty.The Financial Times reports that losses from the monster hurricane are now estimated to reach $125 billion, with insured losses between $40 billion and $60 billion. If those numbers hold up, they … [Read more...]
Drip drip drip …
Republicans continue to desert the President. This excellent article by Doug Bandow, a former Reagan aide and senior fellow at the Cato Institute, asks "is George W. Bush a serious person?" Bandow recognizes that the … [Read more...]
Kerry Healey lurches left
In her continuing effort to distance herself from her increasingly right-wing boss, Lt. Gov. Kerry Healey has come out in favor of civil unions for gay couples, and in favor of the Travaglini-Lees "compromise" constitutional … [Read more...]
Know thy strategy
In his post on AG Tom Reilly's decision to certify the anti-marriage ballot initiative, David mentioned a website, KnowThyNeighbor.org, whose purpose is to "out" those who would sign the ballot petition. David seems pretty … [Read more...]
A nightmare on the dream job
Did you ever have one of those bad dreams, where you show up to an exam, but you haven't taken the class and haven't studied? Or -- I have this one -- where you're on stage but don't know the play or the lines?link:Brown's biography on the … [Read more...]
Just do it like New York does it
The Globe reports today that the T is FINALLY getting ready to replace the ancient token system with the new "CharlieTicket" fare system throughout the T. (Is anyone else disappointed that the T missed the obvious … [Read more...]
Anti-marriage amendment on its way to the SJC and to the streets
As predicted, gay marriage backers have said they'll challenge AG Tom Reilly's decision to certify the anti-marriage amendment in the SJC. So the battle now proceeds on two fronts: the anti-marriage activists will take to the streets … [Read more...]
You gotta have ARKS
OK, so the refugees (yes, they're seeking refuge) are only showing up in Cape Cod in small numbers. But there are still a lot of people who have lost their homes in LA/MS, and coming to New England. This is the Katrina Diaspora, and these … [Read more...]