Author: MassCommons

Good catch by the The Phoenix’ political reporter, David Bernstein:  it’s not so much that last week’s election was a good one for women.  Sure, to take one example, it’s noteworthy that despite...

In 1968, California voters elected Ronald Reagan governor.  Twelve years later, Reagan was president of the United States. In 1978, California voters passed Prop 13, a referendum amending the state constitution to lower...

Having worked in high tech, Kevin Drum is more attuned to the impact of computerization and technological change than most political bloggers.  One of his persistent, occasional topics is ever-growing pace of technological...

At least so far. Let us count the ways:     After going 0 for 32, same-sex marriage referendum questions were approved by voters in Maine (reversing a 2009 referendum), Maryland and Washington.  The attempt...

Neither Sen. Jeanne Shaheen (D, former governor) nor Sen. Kelly Ayotte (R, former attorney general) was on the ballot last night in New Hampshire. For federal offices it was just the state’s two congressional seats that...