Sen. Feingold proposes an amendment, and other musings on the Constitution
Senator Russ Feingold strikes again: "Proposal Calls For Elections To Fill Senate Vacancies" on NPR's Morning Edition today. The idea is to resolve the conflicting ways that vacancies in the House and...
View ArticleDear Ms. O----: a cautionary tale on health insurance
My daughter, 21, otherwise healthy, has recently been diagnosed, via symptoms and blood test, with celiac disease, a serious but not life-threatening condition. To confirm the diagnosis, the...
View ArticlePlus ça change, plus c'est la même chose.
The New Yorker of September 28, 2009, had an article by Adam Gopnik, Trial of the Century, Revisiting the Dreyfus Affair, which made one point which is quite relevant to current events and politics....
View ArticleMassachusetts municipalities would be subject to the "Cadillac" tax--why?
An article in yesterday's Boston Globe, "Health tax may wallop towns," reports, for example:Framingham has dozens of employees enrolled in two of its family plans at annual premiums of $40,475 or...
View ArticleInside Scott Brown's pinhead
I got a newsletter from Scott Brown, who is unfortunately one of my senators, last Friday. I have reproduced the text of the entire thing in a quote box below the fold. (No, I'm not worried about...
View ArticleGingrich accuses Obama of treason
Fred Thys did a report on WBUR this morning, Gingrich Tries To Parlay Poll Lead To N.H. Gains. It includes the following exchange between Newt Gingrich and a Republican audience" The audience at the...
View ArticlePrice of gas drops a lot; no credit for Guess Who
In the Boston area, we had become used to gas prices hovering at about $4 for the past couple of months, so much to my surprise last week, they suddenly dropped to about $3.70. Then I visited St. Louis...
View ArticleScott Brown: A Class Act (NOT)
Friends of ours reported on an encounter with Scott Brown in New Hampshire. I live in Massachusetts, and I am easily convinced that Brown is a small-minded pinhead, but this story shows a much uglier...
View Article"We're going for great - here's what's next"
I normally toss junk emails from airlines without a second thought, especially when they come with subject lines like this. But American Airlines went way over the edge with this love letter to...
View ArticleTeachers' protest in Oklahoma leads to Democratic activism, and results at...
The current version of The New Yorker has an article with the in-print title of The Teaching Moment. Read the article; it’ll be well worth your time, and it’ll make you feel better about where we’re...
View ArticleWhat about the census?
I’m co-chair of my Ward Democratic Committee in Boston. I just got an email from the state party saying that all upcoming caucuses, which are where we choose delegates to the state convention, are...
View ArticleThe New York Times thinks NPR has a liberal bias?
Today’s New York Times has an article (probably behind the paywall) on the front page of the business section titled “NPR Roiled By Editor Claiming Liberal Bias; A staff journalist publishes an essay...
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