Here's a parenting book you perhaps haven't heard of: The Kazdin Method for Parenting the Defiant Child. Not the most enticing title when you're glancing across the bookshelf. If you were to nevertheless decide to pick the book up, you might put it right back down; the cover image is just awkward. I feel like the Kazdin team could have benefited from some branding assistance. But "don't judge a book by its cover" fits here because it's actually a very helpful book.
BOSTON — Senate President Stanley Rosenberg on Monday described to a breakfast crowd of union leaders his vision of how the Senate's work on education, transportation and housing issues is laying the groundwork for a debate over adding a "millionaire tax" to the state constitution.
In discussing a proposed ballot measure to authorize the amendment, which would change the state's flat income-tax structure to add a 4 percent surtax on those taxpayers who earn more than $1 million in a year, the Amherst Democrat provided insights into the proponents' strategy to win voter approval for the tax hike — something the Bay State electorate has steadfastly refused to provide in five out of five attempts in recent years.
