An Old Journalistic Trick I was surprised to see a story on "beat sweeteners" - an insider term to describe the puff pieces mainstream media reporters sometimes write in order to make their jobs easier at the expense of the public's right to know. Critical even of itself, Politico explains: In a pro...

wwwade, Gay Rights, Marriage Wade Roush wrote: If you’re trying to decide where to build your new tech startup, California obviously has a lot of attractions. You’ll be close to the heart of the venture capital community. Non-compete agreements, which are said to slow innovation in state...

Biotech, VC, Analysis Luke Timmerman wrote: Tom Ranken is the first to admit he can get a bit ornery on the subject of venture capital in the Northwest. “It used to make me foam at the mouth when VCs would say there’s plenty of money out there and all the good ideas get funded,” he...

Joe.My.God has the goods on a story about legislative action that would repeal a Massachusetts law that bans people from marrying in that state if that marriage would not be accepted in the state in which they live. The 1913 law was initially passed to prevent interracial couples from marrying in Ma...

Out-of-state gay couples and lesbian couples are one step closer to a Massachusetts wedding after the state Senate voted to unanimously to repeal a 1913 law that was used to prevent them from marrying in the Bay State. The bill......

Gunner Scott, "female-to-male" co-leader of Transgender Youth Summit. Grace Stowell, "male-to-female" co-leader of Transgender Youth Summit [photo: M Humphries]. How sad to read that Gov. Patrick's daughter not only thinks she's a lesbian, but is now working for Massachusetts' leading transgender ra...

Just in time for Pride season is this beautiful picture and front page story at Bay Windows. Katherine Patrick, the 18-year-old daughter of Massachusetts Gov. Deval Patrick, publicly comes out as a lesbian. "As private of an issue as it......

"Because, of course, he didn’t know that I was gay then. So, for someone so publicly to fight for something that doesn’t even affect him was just like, ’That’s my dad,’ you know? That’s all I could think. I was very, very proud to be part of this family, and this state in general." - Kat...

For some, food shortage a political opportunity Zimbabwe’s President Mugabe, up for re-election later this month, is leveraging the hunger of the country’s citizens in an outrageous scheme where only those who can produce party registration cards get food aid. (ABC News) For others, loca...

Blue Mass. Group has the details on a proclamation by Patrick in support of a national prayer day organized by a fundamentalist group that specifically excludes Jews, Muslims, Catholics and even many Protestants from leading its prayer events that day (see its coordinator application)....