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Another indication that Chief Justice Rehnquist is retiring

May 28, 2005 By David

Virtually every Supreme Court observer is assuming that Chief Justice Rehnquist's ongoing and apparently quite serious bout with thyroid cancer will result in his retirement at the end of the current Supreme Court term next month.  … [Read more...]

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So it DOES make you go blind!

May 27, 2005 By David

The NYT reports:The Food and Drug Administration said today that it had asked Pfizer Inc., the world's largest drug maker, to amend its warnings on Viagra in response to scattered reports of vision loss by people taking the drug.Some … [Read more...]

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Romney vetoes stem cell bill; SJC rejects last-ditch effort to undo gay marriage ruling

May 27, 2005 By David

Two utterly unsurprising developments in today's news.  First, Governor Romney delivered on his promise to veto the stem cell research bill.  As we've noted, the bill passed the legislature by veto-proof margins in both houses, … [Read more...]

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A twist on the usual override story

May 27, 2005 By David

I find the Wellesley override story, as told in today's Globe, to be fascinating.  There were two possible Proposition 2-1/2 overrides on the May 10 ballot.  The first, for $3.6 million (average $329/year per taxpayer), failed by … [Read more...]

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Wind Power: Beyond Nantucket Sound

May 27, 2005 By Charley on the MTA

Well, Wired News shows a report with the incredible, unbelieveable, counter-intuitive, weirdo finding that wind power is just like, all around us, and just there for the taking.At the risk of repeating myself: the candidate that enumerates … [Read more...]

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GBIO on the front page of Globe

May 27, 2005 By Charley on the MTA

Well, I missed it until 11:24pm tonight, but a preview of tonight's GBIO action was on the front page of the Globe. It's not a bad article, really, although I wish it had concentrated on the trials that people endure right now, today, all … [Read more...]

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What the bloggers are saying about what the Valley Advocate says the bloggers are saying

May 26, 2005 By Charley on the MTA

Nice, another alterna-press mention of the MA blogosphere, this time in the Valley Advocate of Springfield:In the past year, Massachusetts has developed its own mini-blogosphere.It is still rather nascent, but there is a core group of … [Read more...]

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You! Out of the risk pool!

May 26, 2005 By Charley on the MTA

The Eisenthal Report has commented on my post on the governor's chief health care advisor suggesting that hospitals be more aggressive in collecting on unpaid bills. I appreciate his input, and there's a very useful discussion in the … [Read more...]

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Priscilla Owen confirmed 56-43

May 26, 2005 By David

The Senate has just confirmed Priscilla Owen to a seat on the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 5th Circuit.The vote was 56-43.  If I heard the clerk's roll call correctly, the Democrats voting to confirm were Landrieu (LA) and Byrd … [Read more...]

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A good post on Janice Rogers Brown

May 26, 2005 By David

This post at ACSblog explains that the Supreme Court's recent unanimous opinion in a takings case (Lingle v. Chevron U.S.A.) thoroughly rejects the extremist property rights view espoused by Janice Rogers Brown in a dissenting opinion she … [Read more...]

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