May 2012

David Hogberg of IBD was in the courtroom today, and his account shows a judge with a misunderstanding of how the internet -- particularly Google Alerts -- works, and a defendant (Walker) who never should have represented himself. Here is an excerpt, read the whole thing: This...

End of day status:  According to the most recent update to McCain's post, Walker was released and was charged with "incitement."  I'll have to find out more specifically what the charge is, but if there has been any criminal charge, it's pretty outrageous. I cant say...

Considering that it was a long holiday weekend which pretty much started at lunchtime on Friday, it was very active here. In case you missed any of them: Remembering Lt. Roslyn Schulte A strange sense of responsibility, now and then Boston Globe deep sixes article criticising Elizabeth Warren Dear Wisconsin...

I've written before about the wrongful conviction of the late Alaska Senator Ted Stevens just before the 2008 election, and how it changed history: So many things had to go wrong for Obamacare to evade a Senate filibuster.  Arlen Specter had to switch parties.  Al Franken had...

Saturday, June 2, is the Massachusetts Democratic Convention.  Elizabeth Warren and Marisa DeFranco each need to obtain 15% of the vote at the convention to be on the September 6 primary ballot. There is a move afoot to keep DeFranco off the ballot to clear the...