by James Heflin | Aug 10, 2010 | Ten Gallon Liberal
Josh Marshall, currently a New Yorker himself, nails the dynamic of conservatives trying to own 9/11: Last week John McCain announced that he too was opposed to the Community Center and Mosque to be built a couple blocks from Ground Zero. To his credit, unlike many...
by Sarah Werthan Buttenwieser | Aug 10, 2010 | Standing In The Shadows
On Thursday, Saskia turned two-and-a-half*. We didn’t mark it beyond singing “Happy Half-Birthday” at a couple of random moments, which ultimately confused her. She understands birthday. This half stuff, well, she isn’t quite ready to parse out...
by Maureen Turner | Aug 10, 2010 | News
Almost a year after Springfield voters approved a ballot question to extend that city’s mayoral term from two years to four, city councilors are bracing themselves to take up an assuredly more contentious follow-up issue: whether the mayor’s salary should...
by Maureen Turner | Aug 10, 2010 | News
Last Friday, Gov. Deval Patrick signed a bill that will bring long-awaited reforms to the criminal justice system in Massachusetts, including significant changes to the Criminal Offender Record Information, or CORI, system. At the signing, Patrick was surrounded by...