Maggie's Farm

Coldest June in MA in 7,412 years. You could look it up. Lows in the 40s. Women and minorities hardest hit.

Don't let the rabble vote. Some things are far too important and complicated to let the people decide. Like gay marriage. Viking

Gov. Patrick wants to spend a bit more of our money. As quoted (from a Globe columnist!) in a piece at Squaring the Boston Globe:

The governor is proposing free community colleges, universal preschool, full-day kindergarten, 1,000 new police officers, an extended commuter rail line, a $1 billion biotechnology investment, and property tax breaks.

That's like pulling a new BMW into my driveway, putting Red Sox season tickets in the glove compartment, leaving the hottest cellphone on the driver's seat, filling the trunk with video games and DVDs - and then asking my son if this dazzling array interests him. Of course it does. But just like the taxpayers of Massachusetts, he has no way to pay for it.