A Thinking Reed

"Man is but a reed, the most feeble thing in nature, but he is a thinking reed" – Blaise Pascal

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  • Living in the Berkeley of the East Coast

    Someone told me the other day that in something like 80% of the congressional races in Massachusetts there is no Republican even running. However, in my district, the incumbent Democrat, Michael Capuano, is not running unopposed. It just so happens that his opponent is running on the Socialist Workers Party ticket. We also have three Read more

  • Some politics are local

    A friend sends along this E.J. Dionne column on the Massachusetts governor race from the Washington Post. Dionne is correct that Mitt Romney’s would-be heir, Lt. Gov. Kerry Healy has ditched her boss’s socially conservative positions on abortion, stem-cell research, and gay marriage. Instead, she’s running as a law-and-order fiscal conservative in contrast to the Read more

  • Blue-state blues

    For one thing, your vote no longer matters. Meanwhile, here in Massachusetts, I was amused to see the Republican candidate for governor go out of her way to assure the voters that her positions on abortion and stem-cell research are indistinguishable from her Democratic opponent. Massachusetts: where even the Republicans are Democrats! Read more

  • Ah, West Philly…

    Neat article about University City – the collection of neighborhoods west of the University of Pennsylvania where we lived for about three years before coming to Boston a couple of months ago (Via A Conservative Blog for Peace). Old Victorian houses, broad streets with lots of trees, and a wonderful mix of students, young professionals, Read more

  • Huh?

    The Boston version of the Metro – the free paper familiar to commuters everywhere – had an article today on some Jewish protesters rallying against Israel’s actions in Lebanon. But what I found puzzling was this quote from Josh Block, spokesman for AIPAC: “These people should protest against a genuine threat like Iran’s former president, Read more