I don't think there has ever been a day since I've blogged here that there were zero posts. I guess we are starting to have lives. But people need somewhere to complain about this and that. So allow this comment thread to fill that function....
Massachusetts
On February 13, 1845, the Lowell Female Labor Reform Association forced the state of Massachusetts to hold hearings on reducing the work day in the state's textile mills to 10.
This is a nice change from the usual news of doom for New England fisheries, with scallop production based out of New Bedford exploding and what sounds like very responsible.
On October 30, 1837, Nicholas Farwell, a train engineer toiling for the Boston and Worcester Rail Road Corporation fell off a train while at work and had his hand crushed by the train. Farwell sued the company for damages. The 1842 decision by the Massachusetts...
On September 9, 1919, the police force in Boston went on strike, the most aggressive action to date by American public sector workers. The harsh response from the government of.
The end of an era in Boston, as school busing is officially ended. It's true that busing didn't really work very well. It was a clunky approach to a horrible.
It looks like Carmen Ortiz will not live down her role in the suicide of Aaron Swartz. The fact that she's still defending the prosecution and the legal process is another sign that she should never, ever be considered for political office. And it sounds...
Some of you Massachusetts experts will have to inform me of Ed Markey's capabilities to defeat Scott Brown. I don't think any of us directly addressed the Kerry nomination. One.
A couple weeks ago I wandered into a ridiculous Facebook debate about the 2000 Gore campaign, with the central hypothesis of the thread running "Al Gore lost his own state,.
The always useful site Executed Today details the execution of Thomas Granger, a Puritan executed on this day in 1642 for bestiality in Plymouth Colony. William Bradford's description of the case: Ther was a youth whose name was Thomas Granger; he was servant to an...
So I saw this political ad yesterday while eating my morning bagel: This is produced by Karl Rove's Crossroads GPS, connecting Elizabeth Warren to the "extreme left protests" and "violence".
How strong is Massachusetts' list of politicians? These guys might be 11-15: Robert Kennedy Tip O'Neill Calvin Coolidge (almost certainly the only president not to make the top 10 from.