A Sob of Relief
Since Tuesday, I’ve been good about limiting my time watching CNN, checking Twitter, and refreshing the New York Times election results page (which doesn’t really need refreshing, but I couldn’t resist anyway – just...
Category: Politics
The Professional and the Blowhard
MA Attorney General Maura Healey debated her opponent Jay McMahon in Boston on Wednesday, and I was lucky enough to be in the audience. For the past year and a half now, I’ve been...
Things that Make Me Mad
It’s a good thing I don’t try to keep up with all the breaking news with these blog posts of mine. Back in March, John McCain said “there’s a lot of shoes to drop...
What do you hear?
I’m going to ask for about 20 minutes of your time with this post. I want you to listen carefully to these three videos and tell me what you hear. And I’ll tell you...
To Progress or not to Progress
Back when I started the second phase of this blog, I wondered if I was a Progressive. I didn’t even know what a Progressive was – although I have since read two definitions that I did not understand. Well,...
My Vote Goes to Healey
Maura Healey, Massachusetts Attorney General, held a Town Hall last night in Lowell. She is yet another super impressive representative of our state. Massachusetts has an embarrassment of riches. I wish other states were...
A Trifecta
First Warren, then Markey, and now Representative Niki Tsongas from Massachusetts’ 3rd district. She had a town hall, and I went with my friend Susan. This time I was the dragger, not the draggee....
It Always Starts Here
Last night was date night. We planned on appetizers and a drink before a “concert” with one of my rock stars. The particular rock star in this case was Senator Ed Markey, and this is how the...
My Newest Rock Stars
Before all of this mess, before 11/9, I knew very little about our U.S. Senators and Representatives, including those from my own home state of Massachusetts. Now, so many of them are my rock...