http://www.examiner.com/x-1238-Boston-Young-Democrats-Examiner?cid=exrss-Boston-Young-Democrats-Examiner en-us Mon, 23 Nov 2009 03:47:07 -0700 Sat, 07 Nov 2009 21:25:03 -0700 BlogCFC http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss http://www.examiner.com/x-1238-Boston-Young-Democrats-Examiner~y2009m11d7-Historic-bill-passes-House?cid=exrss-Boston-Young-Democrats-Examiner What is being called an historic bill passed the House moments ago, moving health care reform one step closer to reality. Debate related to the bill lasted nearly all day, and of the two amendments considered on the floor, the only one to pass pro... Democrats abortion Congress health care Sat, 07 Nov 2009 21:25:03 -0700 http://www.examiner.com/x-1238-Boston-Young-Democrats-Examiner~y2009m11d7-Historic-bill-passes-House?cid=exrss-Boston-Young-Democrats-Examiner http://www.examiner.com/x-1238-Boston-Young-Democrats-Examiner~y2009m10d27-And-the-winner-is?cid=exrss-Boston-Young-Democrats-Examiner And the winner is ... no one. At last night's debate between the Democratic candidates running to fill Ted Kennedy's seat, no one distinguished themselves in a positive way. In fact, they all said nearly the same thing in response to every... debate Democrats Congress Tue, 27 Oct 2009 07:19:28 -0700 http://www.examiner.com/x-1238-Boston-Young-Democrats-Examiner~y2009m10d27-And-the-winner-is?cid=exrss-Boston-Young-Democrats-Examiner http://www.examiner.com/x-1238-Boston-Young-Democrats-Examiner~y2009m10d26-Democratic-Senate-candidate-debate?cid=exrss-Boston-Young-Democrats-Examiner Tonight there will be a debate between those candidates running for the Democratic nomination to represent Massachusetts in the U.S. Senate. It will be tonight at JFK Library, adjacent to the UMass Boston campus at 7PM.  I have been invit... debate Democrats Mon, 26 Oct 2009 05:56:14 -0700 http://www.examiner.com/x-1238-Boston-Young-Democrats-Examiner~y2009m10d26-Democratic-Senate-candidate-debate?cid=exrss-Boston-Young-Democrats-Examiner http://www.examiner.com/x-1238-Boston-Young-Democrats-Examiner~y2009m10d20-Mayoral-Debate-Analysis?cid=exrss-Boston-Young-Democrats-Examiner Last night's debate was not particularly astounding. Neither Menino nor Flaherty were incredibly wowing. However, I was a bit impressed with Flaherty's ability to seemingly think on his feet, and he presented himself as being just as, if n... debate Democrats Flaherty Menino Tue, 20 Oct 2009 10:59:52 -0700 http://www.examiner.com/x-1238-Boston-Young-Democrats-Examiner~y2009m10d20-Mayoral-Debate-Analysis?cid=exrss-Boston-Young-Democrats-Examiner http://www.examiner.com/x-1238-Boston-Young-Democrats-Examiner~y2009m10d19-Boston-Mayoral-Debate?cid=exrss-Boston-Young-Democrats-Examiner Tonight is the night. Menino will be facing off against Flaherty tonight at the JFK library. This is Flaherty's last real chance to try and pull in a large number of undecideds to try and stop Menino from taking a fifth term. Flaherty... debate Democrats mayor Mon, 19 Oct 2009 11:36:18 -0700 http://www.examiner.com/x-1238-Boston-Young-Democrats-Examiner~y2009m10d19-Boston-Mayoral-Debate?cid=exrss-Boston-Young-Democrats-Examiner http://www.examiner.com/x-1238-Boston-Young-Democrats-Examiner~y2009m2d27-Fee-increase-passes-depsite-organized-opposition?cid=exrss-Boston-Young-Democrats-Examiner Today the UMass Board of Trustees approved a flat $1500 fee increase across all four undergraduate campuses. Students organized buses. The largest presence came from the Amherst campuses who had organized two buses, followed by the Boston campus with... Obama economy state spending recession Patrick budget cuts stimulus education Fri, 27 Feb 2009 11:58:18 -0700 http://www.examiner.com/x-1238-Boston-Young-Democrats-Examiner~y2009m2d27-Fee-increase-passes-depsite-organized-opposition?cid=exrss-Boston-Young-Democrats-Examiner http://www.examiner.com/x-1238-Boston-Young-Democrats-Examiner~y2009m2d25-Fee-increase-mobilizes-students?cid=exrss-Boston-Young-Democrats-Examiner Fee increases have shadily been moving along in the UMass system. A colleague has also just written about this, however I'm going to first touch on what has led to this point, some of which has not received any press.  First off, the fee incre... Democrats economy state spending Congress recession Patrick budget cuts stimulus education Wed, 25 Feb 2009 18:25:43 -0700 http://www.examiner.com/x-1238-Boston-Young-Democrats-Examiner~y2009m2d25-Fee-increase-mobilizes-students?cid=exrss-Boston-Young-Democrats-Examiner http://www.examiner.com/x-1238-Boston-Young-Democrats-Examiner~y2009m1d29-Proposed-budget-to-decimate-public-higher-education?cid=exrss-Boston-Young-Democrats-Examiner     So it seems when the economy is in a slump, and going back to school is what everyone is trying to do, we cut funding to our public higher education system. Governor Patrick, what are you thinking? This is exactly the time when we ... Obama economy rescue package state spending state law recession Patrick budget cuts Thu, 29 Jan 2009 16:02:40 -0700 http://www.examiner.com/x-1238-Boston-Young-Democrats-Examiner~y2009m1d29-Proposed-budget-to-decimate-public-higher-education?cid=exrss-Boston-Young-Democrats-Examiner http://www.examiner.com/x-1238-Boston-Young-Democrats-Examiner~y2009m1d20-Senator-collapses-at-inaugural-luncheon?cid=exrss-Boston-Young-Democrats-Examiner A Democratic senator has collapsed at the inaugural luncheon. There are mixed reports coming out, that it may be either Ted Kennedy, who has been suffering from brain cancer, or Robert Byrd, the longest seated senator.  As more comes out I will ... Democrats inauguration inauguration day 2009 Tue, 20 Jan 2009 12:47:08 -0700 http://www.examiner.com/x-1238-Boston-Young-Democrats-Examiner~y2009m1d20-Senator-collapses-at-inaugural-luncheon?cid=exrss-Boston-Young-Democrats-Examiner http://www.examiner.com/x-1238-Boston-Young-Democrats-Examiner~y2009m1d20-End-of-an-error?cid=exrss-Boston-Young-Democrats-Examiner Well, Bush will be ousted in a matter of hours.  I for one am glad to see him leaving. I believe he's set this country on the wrong track in various areas. However, I dislike that everyone seems to be blaming it on Bush alone. It is not solely h... Obama Democrats Republicans elections 2008 transition 2008 Bush inauguration inauguration day 2009 Mon, 19 Jan 2009 22:50:11 -0700 http://www.examiner.com/x-1238-Boston-Young-Democrats-Examiner~y2009m1d20-End-of-an-error?cid=exrss-Boston-Young-Democrats-Examiner http://www.examiner.com/x-1238-Boston-Young-Democrats-Examiner~y2009m1d15-State-of-the-state-broke-not-poor?cid=exrss-Boston-Young-Democrats-Examiner Deval Patrick delivered his State of the State address tonight. In it he discussed the difference between broke and poor in the eyes of his grandmother. Being broke, he said, is temporary, whereas poor is being in a constant state of need. Seems with... economy state spending recession Patrick budget cuts Thu, 15 Jan 2009 21:29:53 -0700 http://www.examiner.com/x-1238-Boston-Young-Democrats-Examiner~y2009m1d15-State-of-the-state-broke-not-poor?cid=exrss-Boston-Young-Democrats-Examiner http://www.examiner.com/x-1238-Boston-Young-Democrats-Examiner~y2009m1d13-Catholic-contract-unconstitutional?cid=exrss-Boston-Young-Democrats-Examiner The ACLU filed a suit in Boston yesterday charging that a federal contract with the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops is unconstitutional. The $6 million contract began in 2006 and is meant to aid human trafficking victims. However, as the Roman Ca... contraceptives abortion religion Catholic Church freedoms Tue, 13 Jan 2009 12:49:30 -0700 http://www.examiner.com/x-1238-Boston-Young-Democrats-Examiner~y2009m1d13-Catholic-contract-unconstitutional?cid=exrss-Boston-Young-Democrats-Examiner http://www.examiner.com/x-1238-Boston-Young-Democrats-Examiner~y2009m1d8-My-take-on-Gaza?cid=exrss-Boston-Young-Democrats-Examiner I’ve been avoiding this topic like the plague here for various reasons. But I’m sick of arguing about it in personal forums, and feel I should bring it out to the public sphere instead of continuing to repeat the same circular arguments e... war religion Israel Gaza Thu, 08 Jan 2009 00:38:25 -0700 http://www.examiner.com/x-1238-Boston-Young-Democrats-Examiner~y2009m1d8-My-take-on-Gaza?cid=exrss-Boston-Young-Democrats-Examiner http://www.examiner.com/x-1238-Boston-Young-Democrats-Examiner~y2009m1d6-Harsher-ethics-laws-recommended-by-panel?cid=exrss-Boston-Young-Democrats-Examiner After the arrest of Dianne Wilkerson, Governor Deval Patrick convened a panel to review and propose changes to the state's ethics laws. Included in the recommendations are an increase of the penalty for bribery from a $5,000 fine and three years in p... corruption state law crime greed Patrick Tue, 06 Jan 2009 12:54:03 -0700 http://www.examiner.com/x-1238-Boston-Young-Democrats-Examiner~y2009m1d6-Harsher-ethics-laws-recommended-by-panel?cid=exrss-Boston-Young-Democrats-Examiner http://www.examiner.com/x-1238-Boston-Young-Democrats-Examiner~y2009m1d4-Richardson-withdraws-as-Commerce-nominee?cid=exrss-Boston-Young-Democrats-Examiner Seeing as how there is an investigation under way regarding a New Mexico state contract, it makes a lot of sense. This investigation would damage his credibility in the position, and thus would taint anything he would come up with as Secretary of Com... Iraq Obama Democrats Republicans Palin donations transition 2008 corruption greed recession Bush inauguration Richardson Sun, 04 Jan 2009 14:10:16 -0700 http://www.examiner.com/x-1238-Boston-Young-Democrats-Examiner~y2009m1d4-Richardson-withdraws-as-Commerce-nominee?cid=exrss-Boston-Young-Democrats-Examiner http://www.examiner.com/x-1238-Boston-Young-Democrats-Examiner~y2009m1d4-Atheist-suing-over-inauguration?cid=exrss-Boston-Young-Democrats-Examiner  Now really, don’t people have better things to do than file frivolous lawsuits? I mean, come on. He’s named everyone in the lawsuit involved with the inauguration except Obama, since you know, he’s an individual and can theref... Obama religion freedoms inauguration inauguration day 2009 Sat, 03 Jan 2009 23:37:09 -0700 http://www.examiner.com/x-1238-Boston-Young-Democrats-Examiner~y2009m1d4-Atheist-suing-over-inauguration?cid=exrss-Boston-Young-Democrats-Examiner http://www.examiner.com/x-1238-Boston-Young-Democrats-Examiner~y2009m1d3-Chiefs-to-ignore-new-pot-law?cid=exrss-Boston-Young-Democrats-Examiner Some police chiefs have come straight out and said they will not enforce the new voter initiated marijuana posssesion law. The law is supposedly 'unworkable' because those caught smoking do not have to give identification to police officers, and ther... ballot question state law freedoms marijuana War on Drugs Sat, 03 Jan 2009 14:58:57 -0700 http://www.examiner.com/x-1238-Boston-Young-Democrats-Examiner~y2009m1d3-Chiefs-to-ignore-new-pot-law?cid=exrss-Boston-Young-Democrats-Examiner http://www.examiner.com/x-1238-Boston-Young-Democrats-Examiner~y2009m1d2-New-pot-law-goes-into-effect-today?cid=exrss-Boston-Young-Democrats-Examiner The law decriminalizing the possession of an ounce or less of marijuana here in Massachusetts takes effect today. I've mentioned this referendum in a couple previous stories. Numerous other states, eleven others in fact, have similar laws on the book... state spending state law freedoms crime recession marijuana War on Drugs Fri, 02 Jan 2009 20:12:17 -0700 http://www.examiner.com/x-1238-Boston-Young-Democrats-Examiner~y2009m1d2-New-pot-law-goes-into-effect-today?cid=exrss-Boston-Young-Democrats-Examiner http://www.examiner.com/x-1238-Boston-Young-Democrats-Examiner~y2009m1d1-New-Bush-regulation-withholding-care-from-the-morally-objectionable?cid=exrss-Boston-Young-Democrats-Examiner Bush has been passing new regulations left and right as his tenure draws to a close. One of these allows any Department of Health and Human Services worker to legally refuse to participate if they find any part of the treatment morally objectionable,... contraceptives Republicans religion freedoms Bush Thu, 01 Jan 2009 11:53:43 -0700 http://www.examiner.com/x-1238-Boston-Young-Democrats-Examiner~y2009m1d1-New-Bush-regulation-withholding-care-from-the-morally-objectionable?cid=exrss-Boston-Young-Democrats-Examiner http://www.examiner.com/x-1238-Boston-Young-Democrats-Examiner~y2008m12d31-Top-five-political-songs-of-2008?cid=exrss-Boston-Young-Democrats-Examiner Alright, so the year is coming to end in about four hours. I thought I'd take a time out to spotlight some of my favorite songs that have a political background, whether overt or subtle. As you will notice, most of these have liberal leanings. Whethe... war going green environment Wed, 31 Dec 2008 18:01:46 -0700 http://www.examiner.com/x-1238-Boston-Young-Democrats-Examiner~y2008m12d31-Top-five-political-songs-of-2008?cid=exrss-Boston-Young-Democrats-Examiner