Massachusetts’ mental health system is broken

Read the Boston Globe’s Spotlight’s latest effort. And thanks, Jac, for sending the link. And don’t think, just because you don’t live in Massachusetts, that things are cool in your state. They’re not. If other states had these kinds of reporters, they’d tell sadly similar stories.

And so it goes: Shitmentum

Back in 2011, stimulated by I-don’t-remember-what, I coined a word I thought was worthy of the Urban Dictionary. I submitted it, it was accepted, and I hope that one day my obituary will include my contribution to the English language. As you can see from the definition, shitmentum surpasses momentum, and it isn’t at all …

Should Dzhokhar Tsarnaev get the death penalty?

The Boston Marathon bomber was found guilty on all counts by a jury of his peers this week. Guilty, as CNN said, of using weapons of mass destruction, guilty of bombing a place of public use, guilty of conspiracy and aiding and abetting. Three people were killed and more than 260 injured when the bombs …

Cleaning up temp jobs

Massachusetts Gov. Deval Patrick has signed a law that says the state’s temporary employment agencies will no longer be able to send any temp workers to jobs without informing them of the name of their employer, the wages they will be paid or any basic safety training they need. The bill was signed without fanfare …