Massachusetts

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Once around the statehouse lightly

PANTS ARE AFLAME THEY ARE: U.S. Senator Daniel Patrick Moynihan once famously noted that we are all entitled to our own opinions but not to our own facts. Former Pennsylvania Senator and current presidential candidate Rick Santorum clearly missed that memo. As the San Francisco Chronicle reports, Santorum was bemoaning the state of U.S. higher … Continue reading

Bird’s eye view: Uninsured rates not falling consistently in any state

For the fourth year in a row, Massachusetts has the lowest percentage of residents without health insurance (4.9 percent), and Texas has the highest (27.6 percent), according to polling firm Gallup, Inc. In fact, there has been relatively little change in the Gallup-Healthways Well-Being Index of any state since 2008, suggesting that none have made … Continue reading

Once around the statehouse lightly

OUT AT THE PLATE: In Massachusetts, the best rides these days sport a special Boston Red Sox vanity license plate. The coolest of the cool have an ultra low number, preferably a single digit. So preferable, in fact, that Hollywood heartthrob and rabid Red Sox fan Ben Affleck dropped $50,000 a few years back for … Continue reading