The Kennedys' greatest achievement is using people and getting them to ask for more.
That skill is on display throughout the new movie Chappaquiddick, which opens nationwide tonight. True to life, a small army of helpers appears whenever Ted Kennedy needs them, all looking to protect him as if he's their liege lord and their major purpose in life is to serve him. That's also the way he acts much of the time, as if reinforcing his authority by demanding service.
BOSTON — The sweeping criminal justice reform package that cleared the House and Senate chambers this week now awaits Massachusetts Governor Charlie Baker's signature, and with the stroke of a pen, state inmates will soon be able to dictate the accommodations of their incarcerations according to the gender they choose to identify with.
The language stipulates that convicts will be "housed in a correctional facility with inmates with the same gender identity; provided, that the placement shall be consistent with the prisoner's request."
