By Jay Fitzgerald – A blog about Boston, Hub of the Universe, and everything else.


Headlines of interest: … S&S Deli to close … Bypassing the T’s price gouging … MWRA’s Crappy plan … Anti-racist blow back … Brodie Mountain comeback? … Amazing video of failed Russian attack

— Forget pastrami sandwiches. Where am I going to get my weekend brunch fix when visiting Cambridge?: “Oy, guttenyu: S&S Deli is closing” (Universal Hub)

— This is one way to get around the T’s obnoxious price gouging: “Scottish soccer fans aim to skirt World Cup train costs by hiring fleet of school buses” (GBH)

— Scott Van Voorhis explains the state’s half-assed clean-up efforts: “Why You Should Care About the MWRA’s Crappy Sewer Plan” (Banker & Tradesman)

— The unintended consequences of good intensions: “A Bill Aimed at Creating Homes Is Leaving Plots Empty Instead” (WSJ)

— The Pioneer Institute’s Steven Wilson unloads on ideologically driven school reforms: “The Self-Defeating Condescension of an Anti-Racist Education” (The Atlantic)

— What a flimsy excuse to oppose a tax cut: “Ballot initiative to cut income tax could raise taxes, eliminate charitable deduction.” (BBJ)

— It takes a Florida firm to see Brodie Mountain’s winter potential: “Closed Berkshire County ski area eyed for alpine village with 400 housing units” (BBJ)

— Talk about ridiculous micro-management: “Britain Has a Tiny-Window Epidemic, and Old Ladies Are to Blame” (WSJ)

— OK, this YouTube video is ten months old, but I just found it and it’s pretty amazing: “Massive Russian Assaults That Didn’t Go as Planned” (YouTube)

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