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This Summer, Progressive Culture Has Trumped Conservative Politics
"Arguments can always be found to turn desire into policy." ― Barbara W. Tuchman, The Guns of August…
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Why Conservatives Should Watch More MTV
Twenty-five years ago, when MTV played mostly videos, defeated presidential candidate Patrick J. Buchanan delivered his "Culture War" speech…
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Boston Stood for Suppression of Free Speech and Free Press
"If there is any principle of the Constitution that more imperatively calls for attachment than any other it is the principle…
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How Geoff Diehl’s Conservative Crusade Will Lead to the U.S. Senate
He seems nearly uninterested, certainly unmoved, by the potential link to a lineage of rich Massachusetts political history. He would be the…
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When Boston Progressives Abandoned Diversity
Boston voters may be forgiven for not noticing a conspicuous absence on their ballots in the municipal election this fall. Actually, it&…
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Will Trump Use The Espionage Act Against Journalists?
"Some of these people [columnists and commentators] have been known to make up, or willfully distort, information to support their political…
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‘Overstored’ and Overwhelmed, Let Retail Perish
"Macy's of today is like in soul and spirit to Macy's of yesterday; Macy's of…
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Today’s Banks Resemble Zuzu’s Petals (Break Them Up)
As Americans were lounging comfortably over the 4th of July holiday, they were surely feeling a sense of new-found serenity. Not…
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The Summer of Love: Hippie Culture’s Lasting Legacy
"All across the nation Such a strange vibration People in motion There's a whole generation With a new explanation…
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Charlie Baker’s Dispiriting Drift Left as Strategic Planning
For many Bay State Republicans, Governor Charlie Baker's administration is the advancement of a dishonest marketing campaign: Baker and Switch.…
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The Soul of Robert Cray’s ‘Lowdown and Funky’ Journey
Thirty years ago, next month, Robert Cray appeared on the cover of Rolling Stone with the headline announcing: "The Blues are…
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Elizabeth Warren Needs a Version 2.018
Even with the knowledge that it was meant to be an occasion for celebration, they still needed a coping mechanism against the…
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Providence College Turns 100
"The need of a college, catholic in spirit and under catholic auspices, is most evident …" — Providence Bishop Matthew Harkins to…
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Student Loans Now Part of Victimhood Culture
It must be difficult for students today… constantly deflecting laser-like "micro-aggressions" from minor affronts, constantly seeking "safe…
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‘Crumbling Infrastructure’ A Euphemism for ‘Big Government’
With Washington consumed by how President Donald Trump may be redefining the party of Reagan, a closer look at the president'…
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Guess Who’s Right About Charter Schools?
Lost earlier this month amid gripping stories of plunging temperatures and plundering wire taps was the news that Boston charter schools received…
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Will Newspapers Go the Way of the Sailboat?
"We cannot direct the wind, but we can adjust the sails." — Bertha Calloway, activist and historian…
