The talk shows today in Boston have, understandably, been covering the news of the piece of tunnel ceiling that fell this morning and killed a person: Section of ceiling tumbles in tunnel

The entire Big Dig is a shocking embarrassment not only to Massachusetts but to the entire nation. This is what happens in Third World countries where there's too much corruption and incompetence to get major public works projects done. Shameful! Too many hands out, too many special interests, too many unaccountable HACKS, too many politicians who think their job is done once they bring the bacon home...

Lots of commentary at mAss Backwards.