Author: MassCommons

…that was not the kind of procession you just walked up and “joined”.  Not without paying some very heavy dues:  an arm gone here, a leg there, paralysis, a face full of lumpy scar tissue…all...

Scott Brown isn’t a very good senator but he is a very good candidate.  That’s why liberals backing Elizabeth Warren should be very concerned—and why the Warren campaign needs a new strategy for defeating...

According to folks who follow the Supreme Court far more closely and knowledgeably than I, it seems likely the Court will not strike down the Affordable Care Act (aka “Obamacare”) as unconstitutional. However, since...

…[I]t was only after (McGovern) beat Muskie in two blue-collar, hardhat wards in the middle of Manchester (NH) that he saw the possibility of a really mind-bending coalition:  a weird mix of peace freaks and hardhats,...

Still making my way through Hunter S. Thompson’s Fear And Loathing:  On The Campaign Trail ’72.  It’s a wild—and wildly uneven—ride, but it gives one a great feel for the anger, violence...