The contrast between American national government and politics and Massachusetts government and politics has long been dramatic. Washington has become a hotbed of partisan, ideological, and institutional warfare while political and policy negotiations between the Bay State’s “Big Three” at the Massachusetts State House almost always suffice. Presently, the issues of police reform and abortion…
Month: December 2020
Shirley Leung’s Massachusetts Miracle Depends on Immigrants
Shirley Leung has a fascinating piece in the Boston Globe today, The Massachusetts Miracle is alive and well. ‘There are a lot of potential Modernas’. Those potential Modernas depend upon the brain power of immigrants. Ms. Leung’s piece is about how area firms built on Boston brains are leading the way in the fight against…
The Perfect Gift: Books
Once again it’s almost Christmas and you haven’t yet found that perfect gift for a loved on. The gift that will make their heart skip several beats, make them swoon and go weak at the knees, cause them to realize how lucky they are to have you, to end this awful year with the reassurance…
ProfessorU is not happy with changes to Route 6 on Cape Cod
Warning: the author is suffering from pandemic fatigue and seasonal disorder, which, for a Cape Codder, means missing the sun, sand between your toes, lobster stew, and sparking tonic with your gin. Still, as I recently travelled Route 6 on the Cape, I found myself shaking my head in resignation at the absurdity of our…
Desrosiers v. The Governor: Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court Body Slams Charles Koch
Today the Massachusetts Supreme Court ruled for Governor Charlie Baker in a lawsuit underwritten by Charles Koch and sponsored by Massachusetts Fiscal Alliance/Fiscal Alliance Foundation in which MFA sought to undo the governor’s emergency public health powers—just as Covid-19 is raging across the land. It wasn’t close. This was really a case about conflicting ideologies….