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Trump’s Shock-and-Awe Cabinet Nominees – Promises kept?

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Nebraska Senator Roman Hruska once defended Richard Nixon’s ultimately failed nomination of G. Harrold Carswell to the Supreme Court by stating, "Even if he were mediocre, there are a lot of mediocre judges and people and lawyers. They are entitled to a little representation, aren’t they?” Some of those whom Donald Trump has named for …

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The milkman’s son rises to the top

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Ed Markey's 40+ year  political career has come a long way.  His biggest state legislative accomplishment (a bill eliminating part-time district attorneys) incurred the wrath of then-House Speaker Tommy McGee, who threw Markey off the Judiciary Committee and moved his desk into the hall.  Markey, a  tall and skinny 29-year old two-term state rep from Malden, went from …

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