For some time, the big mystery in the Novak-Plame-gate scandal has been why douchebag of liberty Robert Novak has not been forced to reveal his source. Novak, as you'll recall, is the heroic journalist who first publicly disclosed … [Read more...]
Boston: We’re just a pathetic backwater now.
This ... thing ... in the NY Times today was flat-out garbage. "Boston's inferiority complex"? Because we lost a magazine? Riiiight. Not since October, baby.And besides, Harvard's Kennedy School of Government (full disclosure: my … [Read more...]
A bad transit day on Earth Day
I waited 45 minutes for a #1 bus in the middle of the day today. Not cool. Then, of course, three line up right behind one another. Not a shiny happy people crowd on that first bus, let me tell you. Maybe it was the blizzard, I don't … [Read more...]
Mmmmm….beer….
From BlogBeat via the Fray comes this breaking news. No sooner did the white smoke start wafting up from the Vatican than the brewers of Pope Benedict XVI's hometown in Bavaria set to work. And now, God be praised, we … [Read more...]
Breathe in the sweet smell…
... of idling traffic:Poorly maintained and badly timed traffic signals are needlessly compoundinggridlock and air pollution in American cities, according to a newnational report...The report, issued by a coalition oftransportation agencies … [Read more...]
More candidates for Shannon’s seat; election may not be until late summer
The Somerville News is reporting that Somerville Alderman Sean O'Donovan and Sean Fitzgerald, Sen. Shannon's chief of staff, are both in the race to fill the seat vacated by Sen. Shannon's death. The same News story reports that state … [Read more...]
Civil unions become law in Connecticut
Novak-Plame-gate reporters head to the Supremes
Judith Miller and Matthew Cooper, the reporters facing jail time for their refusal disclose confidential sources in the Valerie Plame affair, have lost their bid for en banc review in the D.C. Circuit. The Court's order, with a … [Read more...]
Sen. Kennedy reaches out to the netroots
It was pretty cool, really. There were Charley on the MTA and I, your humble Blue Mass. Groupers, on a conference call with about eight other blogger types (including real fancy ones like MyDD's Chris Bowers, Mr. Liberal Oasis, and … [Read more...]
Did Someone Ask for a Subway?
HONG KONG ? There have in the past been occasional murmers of complaint about the quality of service on our MBTA. Those looking for models for improvement should consider the Hong Kong Mass Transit Railway:Corporate Organization. The … [Read more...]