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My 16-year-old son is an achiever in a variety of fields. Near-perfect PSAT score, soccer goalkeeper, state champion debater, chess whiz … So, I bought him a book for Christmas. Right away, the author outlines some of the goals.
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There can be heavy traffic in Maine. And I'm not talking about the danger of moose collisions. Hearty drivers in Boston will scoff because nothing compares to the Mass. Pike or I-93 at rush hour. But Maine, with its narrower roads, does have its bottlenecks, and I hit
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A child is born, and nothing is ever the same. We're not just talking Christmas and THAT child.
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There's a chill in our drafty house as I write this, sitting next to our fireplace. No logs are burning because that would be a mess, with chocolate melting over the shoes and the hearth. It is early morning, December 6, the feast day of St. Nicholas, the
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The column in the New York Times last week sounded so positive: An Optimist's Guide to Divorce.
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Remember when singer John Mellencamp went by John Cougar? (In this case, it was a stage name that did not catch on.) Anyway, Mellencamp's biggest hit, in 1982, featured an acoustic guitar and catchy opener: "Little ditty about Jack and Diane …"
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He seeks the end of oppression, but causes division. He wants to change the system, but he did not vote.
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Few names elicited more boos at Fenway Park than Alex Rodriguez. I never felt inclined to boo him, until this past week. To be fair, Rodriguez did not deserve some of those boos back in 2004. Red Sox fans were once excited when Boston nearly traded for A-Rod. But the