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It's hard to see what a fraction of Trump supporters thought they might accomplish by storming the U.S. Capitol. Whatever it was, they didn't accomplish it, and they did much harm. People are dead. A sitting body of public servants has been disrupted and threatened.
News
If you follow only mainstream-media newspapers, CNN, or MSNBC, you might believe that a tidal wave of votes across the country resulted in Joe Biden coasting to a victory over Donald Trump. After all, Biden supposedly got more than 5 million votes in the popular count than Trump did. How
Commentary
President Donald Trump had 90 minutes to make his case for people to re-elect him during a Fox News debate on Tuesday night, but he fell short. Trump made more than his share of mistakes during the first presidential debate against former Vice President Joe Biden. Here is a look
Commentary
Any honest discussion of the proposed ROE Act bill in the Massachusetts Legislature has to deal with a provision that would enable a doctor to let a baby born after an attempted abortion die. The bill doesn't say that. But it does that. It would remove an existing
Politics
The National Football League used to be about football. But this season, since the killing of George Floyd, it has become political football. Or, in other words, "systemic racism" in America. Four years ago, national weathervane Roger Goodell was horrified by a player taking a knee during the
Editorials
America is in the throes of an attempted cultural revolution that has parallels with the Cultural Revolution in China. Mao Zedong launched the Great Proletarian Cultural Revolution in 1966, and it lasted until his death in 1976. It paralyzed China for a decade and caused the death and dislocation of
Commentary
Here's a prediction: 2018 will be known as the high-water mark of the Massachusetts economy. Unemployment is low, growth is good, businesses are sprouting, and tall buildings are shooting up in Boston.
News
"What did I do to deserve this? What purpose does this serve? … They're not doing it to protest. They're doing this for chaos." — Restaurant owner in Downtown Crossing in Boston talking about his trashed cafe to NBC 10, Sunday, May 31, 2020