Congressman James McGovern

Figured I would share some things that most folks don't know about me...How many times in a week do you think folks ask me for my cell phone number? The notion of being reachable has always felt diametrically opposed to work/life balance, hence the reason that I no longer own one. If I happen to not be near my desk or at home, then it probably means that I am doing something important and therefore can't be reached. Part of the trap in terms of being reachable is that it establishes an...Read Full Story

This is a re-post from fellow bloggers at Hillary Spot. This article refers to captured tapes of the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Columbia (FARC) discussions with go betweens from the office of Democratic Congressman James McGovern of Massachusetts. The Wall Street Journal says that, "We think the documents reveal something else entirely: Some Democrats oppose the Colombia trade deal because they sympathize more with FARC's terrorists than with a U.S. antiterror ally [Columbia]." The...Read Full Story

Dead men talk and in the Colombian-Ecuadorian jungle, they talk loudly about Congressman James McGovern (D-Mass). The media-downplayed hard drive recovered from the computer of killed Colombian guerilla Raul Reyes, No. 2 in command of the Colombian FARC, tells a tawdry tale of the opposition of House Democrats to the US. -Colombia Free Trade Agreement. “Some Democrats oppose the Colombia trade deal because they sympathize more with FARC’s terrorists than with a U.S. antiterror ally (Colombia...Read Full Story

IDG's billionaire tech publisher Patrick McGovern is partnering with Hearst Corporation and News Corporation to form a new venture in China that plans to make movies, DVDs and computer and virtual-reality games for the Chinese market. The venture plans to...Read Full Story

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