BOSTON — At a press conference Friday attended by some of the most powerful state politicians allied against marijuana legalization, House Speaker Robert DeLeo said he ignored his staff's advice to keep mum on his opposition to the ballot referendum.
"Sometimes I may take my time in terms of deciding upon an issue. I want to read a lot. I want to talk to a lot of different folks before making the final decision. This really wasn't one of those issues," DeLeo said. He said his staff advised him to say "you're going to look into it" when asked about the referendum, but "I didn't say that at all. I knew very, very quickly what my answer was going to be."
Reports of NASA's Juno spacecraft's entering the orbit around Jupiter lit a sparkler in this American heart — on the Fourth of July, no less. It showed that Americans still have what it takes.
To keep spirits orbiting, let's note another recent American feat that few could have imagined a couple of years ago. The United States is now gaining, not losing, factory jobs. This glad trend has some sobering asterisks attached, but there's no denying this:
