Month: April 2013

Work in Massachusetts is Just Beginning

About 534,000 people voted in the Democratic primary in Massachusetts today, and about 185,000 people voted in the Republican primary. Back in 2010, Martha Coakley (Dem) and Scott Brown (Rep) won special election primaries with...

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Sorry to Inconvenience You

What is it? Something like 40% of all gun purchases are made without any background check? So, how is it that the status quo can keep the mentally ill from getting guns? The problem with the argument Sen. Kelly Ayotte (R-NH) is...

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Our Schizophrenic Country

Mohamedou Ould Slahi completed a 466-page draft about his experiences in American and Jordanian detention in 2006. He had been rendered from his home country of Mauritania to Jordan, then transferred to Bagram Air Force Base in...

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Assign Blame Correctly

The FEC is completely broken. The Judicial Branch is completely broken. We can’t have a vote on a bill to curb gun violence. We may not be able to have a vote on immigration reform. We can’t turn off the sequester,...

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