Author: mtc9393

Reading what happened in federal court yesterday brought back some old memories. When I was a young lad my father’s father, James “Pa” Connolly, was a remote taciturn figure in the family. He was there but he always kept his peace, at least with respect to me. (I have to ask my siblings someday about…

A black student wondered why people of color were the majority at every other Boston Public School (BPS) high school “except the one with the most opportunity.” She was referring to Boston Latin School (BLS) which the Boston U.S. Attorney Carmen Ortiz has decided in an unprecedented move to investigate. To help Ortiz understand this…

Friday night Donald Trump was scheduled to speak in Chicago at the campus of the University of Illinois (UIC). Yes, it was a college campus where young Americans and others gather to learn. How better to learn than to listen to a person who is running for the presidency than to attend his talk even…

I intend to write more about the issue involving the Boston Public Schools and the unwanted federal intrusion into its business but for now let me tell you about what has been trampling around in my mind. You know there is a Youtube by two black students at Boston Latin School (BLS) complaining about the…

She wrote to him that he must do a survey to: “determine whether all options that would eliminate or mitigate disparate impacts have been implemented.” (my emphasis) The survey is demanded by this representative of the federal government to determine if the cancellation of the MBTA extended late night service on weekends between 12:30 am…

Senator Brian Joyce from Milton’s lawyer said back around February 17: “Senator Joyce  has been cooperating with each inquiry that has taken place . . . ”  Too bad the senator never read this site. Had he, he would be a much more contented elected official. He would have learned that the last thing that would help him was…