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Courts Pit The Undocumented Against The Unborn
There are few more inspiring actions than witnessing a venerable institution alter course after having taken a contrary public position. In politics,…
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The Beacon Hill Compromise on Contraception — Only in Massachusetts
The early October newspaper reports highlighted the same point over and over again. A compromise had been reached on the question about…
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More Catholic Than …
"You're more Catholic than the Pope." That type of gentle needling has been part of intra-Catholic repartee…
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When Pro-Life Promotes True Choice
The concepts of pro-life and pro-choice are routinely placed in opposition to each other, dueling philosophies competing for adherents. Pro-…
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Gordon Gekko’s Government
"Greed," declared Gordon Gekko in a memorable movie scene, "for lack of a better word, is good." The…
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Smoke! Smoke! Smoke! Just Not Tobacco
If the leaders of the Massachusetts legislature taxed tobacco cigarettes the way they are planning to tax marijuana, then the price of…
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What’s An Unborn Child Got To Do With It?
What does an unborn child have to do with pregnancy? Nothing.…
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Dime-Store Obamacare
In the nascent days of post-World War II conservatism, Senator Barry Goldwater coined a phrase that defined the limited political goals…
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Spending money… to spend more money
"You must spend money," observed Roman playwright Titus Maccius Plautus, "to make money." That constitutes sound advice for…
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Political myth-making: Another ‘Kennedy for governor’ sighting
The headlines said it all: Kennedy and Baker tied in poll. With the 2016 elections still ahead, speculation about the 2018 governor&…
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“I know nothing”: Thwarting school choice in Massachusetts
One of the shortest-lived political parties in Massachusetts history pushed through a state constitutional amendment whose after-effects still bedevil us…
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Bah humbug! No ‘sales tax holiday’ for working families
If you were planning to purchase a new washing machine and dryer during the state's annual "sales tax holiday,…
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Trump’s vice presidential sweepstakes
"First, do no harm." That advice to physicians from the Hippocratic Oath also sums up a key principle in politics…
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He fights
"I can't spare this man," President Abraham Lincoln noted about General Ulysses Grant, "he fights." In…
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The Big Dig Libertarian
During the past decade, Bill Weld has endorsed Republicans and Democrats for elective office. Now he is running as neither a Republican…
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#NeverTrump = Always Roe
"The progress of evolution," noted historian Henry Adams, himself a direct descendant of two presidents, "from President Washington to…
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The shell game
At times, government seems like little more than a "shell game," with the ultimate goal of increasing its budgets, expanding…
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The only tax reform we will ever need
April 15. It's the most remembered and widely feared annual deadline on the calendar. Only such holiday dates as January…
