Tag Archives: The Redemption Unit

Doing Good Before Doing Well

Posted on March 3, 2011 by Campaign Outsider

In these parlous economic times, college graduates are turning toward public service jobs to tide them over until private sector jobs bounce back. From Wednesday’s New York Times: In 2009 alone, 16 percent more young college graduates worked for the … Continue reading →

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The Redemption Unit, VI

Posted on February 15, 2011 by Campaign Outsider

(See I, II, III, IV and V) It was something to be in Boston that summer. The spirit of ’76 was everywhere, from the massive fireworks displays on the Esplanade to the stately procession of Tall Ships into Boston harbor to the red-white-and-blue redecoration … Continue reading →

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The Redemption Unit, V

Posted on February 2, 2011 by Campaign Outsider

(See I, II, III, and IV) Interlude My nom de plume in The Free Nameless News was J. Redmond Tardi, largely because I was late for work all the time. Part of the reason was that I took public (as … Continue reading →

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The Redemption Unit, IV

Posted on January 21, 2011 by Campaign Outsider

(Earlier episodes here) Act IV: The Free Nameless News The Free Nameless News started out as The Nameless News and cost 10¢ per issue. Vol. 1, No. 1 included a detailed account of Woodrow Wilson’s first foray into the Boston … Continue reading →

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The Redemption Unit, III

Posted on January 3, 2011 by Campaign Outsider

(The Redemption Unit Act One and Act Two) Act Three: Woodrow Wilson’s League of Notions There was a union steward at the Boston DO who would end almost every conversation by saying, “Let he who is not without sin cast … Continue reading →

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The Redemption Unit, II

Posted on December 20, 2010 by Campaign Outsider

Previously, on The Redemption Unit: There were 4.3 million people collecting $6 billion in SSI at the time, and all those benefits needed to be “redetermined,” a four-syllable word for cut. SSI claimants – every one of them – had … Continue reading →

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The Redemption Unit

Posted on December 13, 2010 by Campaign Outsider

Sunday’s Boston Globe launched a three-part series by the formidable Patricia Wen on the federal government’s $10 billion Supplemental Security Income (SSI) disability program for children. The piece describes the origins of the program this way: The federal disability program … Continue reading →

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