“When I was a kid, Eisenhower had been President forever, and all of a sudden, everything in the world was all about Jack Kennedy. I was 12, interested in politics; my father was from Massachusetts, had an accent like Kennedy.” WorldKidsFatherPresidentForeverAccentsMassachusettsJack Kennedy Author:James Ellroy
“My intention was to enroll at McGill University but an unexpected series of events led me to study physics at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology.” TechnologyStudyEventsSeriesIntentionUniversityPhysicsUnexpectedInstituteMassachusetts Author:Sidney Altman
“Let me tell you the story about Massachusetts under Governor Romney. It did fall to 47th out of 50 in jobs creation. Wages went down when they were going up in the rest of the country. He left his successor with debt and a deficit, and manufacturing jobs left that state at twice the rate as the rest of the country.” CountryStatesStoriesJobsFallLeftCreationLet MeRateDebtGovernorsWagesDeficitRomneyManufacturingSuccessorsMassachusettsJob CreationGovernor Romney Author:Stephanie Cutter
“Scott Brown may be the last Republican to win a statewide fight in Massachusetts for a very long time. He caught the machine flat-footed in January 2010 when he out-hustled Martha Coakley and stole the Senate seat Ted Kennedy held all those years. And since then, the Democrats haven't lost a single statewide fight.” YearsMayLongLastsFightingWinningLostHavensRepublicanLong TimeMachinesDemocratCaughtSeatsBrownFlatsSenateJanuaryMassachusettsTed Kennedy Author:Howie Carr
“They know your name, address, telephone number, credit card numbers, who ELSE is driving the car "for insurance", ... your driver's license number. In the state of Massachusetts, this is the same number as that used for Social Security, unless you object to such use. In THAT case, you are ASSIGNED a number and you reside forever more on the list of "weird people who don't give out their Social Security Number in Massachusetts."” PeopleKnowsLifeGivingStatesUseUsedNamesSocialJusticeNumbersLibertyCasesForeverSecurityCarObjectsCreditListsDrivingCardsAddressesDriversTelephonesSocial SecurityLicenseCredit CardMassachusettsWeird People Author:Arthur Miller