Author: Michael Comeau

  • 2024 Massachusetts Ballot Questions

    Vote by mail information:https://www.sec.state.ma.us/divisions/elections/voting-information/vote-by-mail.htm Find your polling place:https://www.sec.state.ma.us/WhereDoIVoteMA/WhereDoIVote Polling hours:https://www.sec.state.ma.us/divisions/elections/voting-information/polling-hours.htm Official voter guide (PDF):https://www.sec.state.ma.us/divisions/elections/download/research-and-statistics/IFV_2024.pdfOther formats:https://www.sec.state.ma.us/divisions/elections/research-and-statistics/info-for-voters-2024.htm The information posted below contains summarized information referenced from the official voter guide, mixed with some analysis and the opinion of the author. While great pains have been taken to ensure the accuracy of the information presented, the reader should…

  • Planning a Diet around Autism

    “For most autistic people, safe foods will be foods that are always consistent in packaging, taste, smell, texture, and ideally have a long shelf life. Unfortunately, most foods that meet these qualifications are heavily processed packaged foods.” You’ve probably heard the trope by now, autistic people can be exceptionally picky eaters. But it’s not just…

  • Majority Support Among Americans for an Arms Embargo Against Israel

    Despite a majority of Americans supporting an arms embargo or conditioning aid to Israel, neither presidential candidate from the major political parties—Kamala Harris or Donald Trump—has endorsed such measures. While Harris has broad public support for conditioning aid or imposing an embargo, Trump’s base largely opposes these actions, highlighting a sharp partisan divide on U.S.…