Our senior senator's name is not the only link between this worthy effort and Massachusetts. AmeriCorps was inspired by Boston's CityYear. The former, along with SeniorCorps and Learn and Serve America, are run by the Corporation for National and Community Service, whose chairman is Massachusetts businessman and long-time political activist Alan Solomont.
Solomont, testifying last month before Congress, harkened back to his days as a community organizer in Lowell in the 1970s, where he "worked alongside then–city councilor Paul Tsongas and a young candidate for Congress, John Kerry." Now, more of the country can experience what Massachusetts has been doing for years.
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- Split atop the RI Tea Party
The Rhode Island Tea Party, a right-wing assemblage best known for its tax day rally against government spending on the State House steps, was until recently run by three women — Colleen Conley, Marina Peterson and, to a lesser degree, Nan Hayden. But no more.
- How is Obama doing?
In response to a question from Oprah Winfrey about how he would grade his time in office, President Barack Obama gave himself a "solid B-plus."
- Alternatives abound
The 2009 tax increases around the country.
- Impeach John Roberts
It is time for an enterprising and courageous member of the US House of Representatives to file articles of impeachment against the chief justice of the United States Supreme Court, John Roberts. The charge: lying under oath.
- A fool for everyone
Time to dispose of a few inconsequential gubernatorial candidates.
- Baldacci, Dems raise broad-based taxes
Despite numerous repeated claims that he and his party will not raise "broad-based taxes" while attempting to solve Maine's decade-old budget disaster, Democratic governor John Baldacci and legislative Democrats have done exactly that, and are now expanding those efforts by increasing an additional tax that hits many Mainers.
- Brown, baby, Brown
Senator Scott Brown is getting a lot of praise from the left and abuse from the right for crossing party lines to help pass a jobs bill earlier this week.
- Workin' man blues
Election years are always times of high anxiety for politicians. That may explain why they say and do so many stupid things.
- Tanked
The term "think tank" looks as if it signifies something impressive.
- 'Tea' is for terrorism
A year ago, the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) produced a memo outlining the growing threat posed to this country from right-wing extremists. It compared the situation to that of the early 1990s — which culminated in the 1995 bombing of the Alfred P. Murrah Building in Oklahoma City, killing 168.
- Gonna change directions
That’s not intended as a negative reflection on the Son of God, who can’t be held responsible for the deficiencies in Beardsley’s early campaign style.
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