Archive for 2008

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Last night I attended a forum of sorts where Jack Beatty (whose work at NPR and The Atlantic you or may not be familiar with) was the featured speaker and the audience had a decidedly left-ward tilt. The near consensus was that: 1) The real John McCain would have been a wonderful candidate but the [...]

In the immortal word of Paul Perillo: MAYO! Yes, New England Patriots inside linebacker Jerod Mayo had a great game, a truly great game, against the New York Jets, but otherwise there wasn’t much to be upbeat about as the Patriots stumbled to a 34-31 overtime loss against the New York Jets in a mid-season [...]

I read there was a bit of an awkward moment at a press confrence at the gathering of GOP governors (of which there are only 21 these days, which is terrible). Reports Celeste Katz from Daily News: When asked if [Alaska governor Sarah] Palin was the best choice McCain could have made for a running [...]

I know the question has been nagging you: Did Boston get around to challenge the United States Census Bureau’s 2007 population estimate for the city, the way it did for the 2005 and 2006 estimates? The answer is yes. I’m guessing the City requested a boost from 599,351 to at least 613,000 but perhaps as [...]

Barack Obama’s victory speech certainly didn’t give any hints about what policies he will pursue as President of the United States of America. I don’t know about you but I thought the potential power of the moment was weakened by the fact that he’s been almost a shoo-in to win ever since he got a [...]

So how come Lawrence’s Chapter 70 school district funding wouldn’t get cut by one freaking penny if the state income tax is abolished as proposed by this year’s Ballot Question One in Massachusetts, according to the anti-tax-cut coalition? Fiscal black holes like Lawrence (and Holyoke and Chelsea and Springfield and Lowell and Fall River and [...]

I liked New England Patriots tight end David Thomas better when he was on Injured Reserve. The latest chapter in the storied rivalry of the decade, that between the three-time Super Bowl winning New England Patriots and the one-and-done Indianapolis Colts, concluded with an 18-15 victory for the Colts. The Colts just about literally picked [...]

Arizona Cardinals signed tight end Stephen Spach yesterday. Spach joined the Patriots late last year and held on to a roster spot as the team’s third tight end until he committed a false start penalty against on a kneel-down play against the New York Jets in the dying seconds of the second game of the [...]

Surely, after snagging two interceptions, making a successful onside kick, converting a fourth and one and stopping a fourth and one and still losing the game the Saint Louis Rams must be thinking: What the Faulk? With their backfield and secondary both ravaged by injuries and with their receivers dropping passes all over the field [...]