Not My Mother’s Blog

Color me amused. About a year and a half ago, I watched in rather unbelieving amusement as a bunch of Republican congressmen turned Congress into more of a sideshow than usual when they  “occupied the House floor” after Nancy Pelosi dismissed the chamber for the August recess. Frankly, it was hilarious watching a bunch of [...]

Mike Barnicle has been making this argument about getting health care reform done now: This summer, all over the country families are sitting down to decide what they want to do on vacation – maybe they want to go out to dinner once a week, or spend a weekend at the water park. And they [...]

Written in response to the Worcester City Council meeting held last night – read the Worcester city live blog at Worceteria for a quick overview of the night and why this letter was written. It has been sent to every member of the Worcester City Council. For the record, Kate Toomey emailed me back immediately [...]

There’s a lot of talk flying out there about what the president needs to say tomorrow night in order to appease the right, soothe the left, keep the Democratic majority safe and get re-elected in 2012. Frankly, not one of those things is a good goal for a presidential speech – the ONLY goal on [...]

Or – It’s OKAY When THEY Do It! If you point out the fact that there are more people of color in prison than white people, you are not a racist, because you are simply stating a fact.