Potholes At the heart of an absurd and drawn-out spectacle consuming the Worcester, MA City Council is a depressing disregard for basic political responsibility.
Breaking News It’s no secret that journalism is in tatters, undermined at the bottom by the decline of local news reporting and at the top by elite hobnobbing and foundation dollars. In this situation, journalists have a responsibility to ignore the trappings of partisan praise and attack the powers that be.
Won’t Somebody Please Think of the Grid? Liberals and the Left tend to ignore the importance of a reliable electricity system, pushing visions of rooftop solar and 100% renewables out of line with the reality of our electrical grid. A responsible politics must aim to deliver what a reindustrializing society depends on: a stable grid.