Author: mtc9393

Two things amazed me about the killing of Ibragim Todashev: one, the ability of the FBI to hide the results of his homicide even though it occurred in an apartment controlled by police officers and the only witnesses to his killing were FBI agents and other law enforcement officers; and, despite my strong intent to…

I’ve been waiting for Putin’s speech to be translated. I have a partial translation courtesy of The Guardian leading me here. Why is it when Putin is setting out a new course in Russia’s relations with the West I have such difficulty finding out what he said? I come at this because I have been reading…

I’m not quite sure what to use as an introductory statement to this comment: a leopard doesn’t change its spots; or a zebra its stripes; or a snake always crawls on its belly. It’s one of those and whichever is more applicable then it fits the New York Times, the home of Walter Duranty who…

It’s here. The St. Patrick’s Day parade in South Boston. Along with it has come the dispute that began 22 years ago. You know what I’m talking about. Or do you? It is written about in today’s Boston Globe by Yvonne Abraham of the Boston Globe. She wrote that she asked Boston’s new mayor about gays…

The green area on this map is what some believe is the ultimate goal of Dictator Putin. it is to take all of the east and south of Ukraine land annexing it to Russia making Ukraine a landlocked country. How much of his goal he will achieve remains to be seen. Elmer who comments here…

We have three trials in Massachusetts that will begin this year that everyone should keep an eye on. They will give a good view of the way in which justice is dispense and judges act. The first to kick off is that of the probation officer prosecution of John O’Brien, Elizabeth Tavares and William Burke….