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Say It Ain’t So, Marty
Shame on Mayor Marty Walsh! In an interview with Boston Globe reporter Joshua Miller on Tuesday, he implied that President-elect Donald…
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Giving thanks
Editor's note: This editorial was first published on Thanksgiving 2015. Our modern Thanksgiving narrative harkens back to the 1621 autumnal…
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E pluribus unum: Out of many, one
Immigration is an issue that is not going away. It has dominated the coverage of the early stages of the 2016 presidential…
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Leave ‘Taxachusetts’ dead and buried
Will "Taxachusetts" soon join the undead? On Wednesday, lawmakers on Beacon Hill have an opportunity to drive a stake through…
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Time for Trump to dish his tax returns
Inquiring minds want to know: What's The Donald trying to hide? At least, that's the implied question in…
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Pro-choice / Anti-science
In 1983, Supreme Court Justice Sandra Day O'Connor wrote that abortion was on "a collision course" with technology.…
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MCAS or PARCC? The choice is clear
Next month, education policy makers in Massachusetts will decide whether to keep the highly regarded Massachusetts Comprehensive Assessment System (MCAS) or adopt…
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Michelle Carter and the case against assisted suicide
Should physician-assisted suicide be legal in Massachusetts? Some say the measure helps people seeking to avoid a painful death, others believe…
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Rubio rises, Bush and Trump plateau
The race for the Republican presidential nomination is not turning out as the mainstream media predicted. Six short months ago, the press…
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On ‘sanctuary cities,’ local governments should not flout federal law
The shooting last month by an illegal immigrant of 32-year-old Kate Steinle, who died in her father's arms…
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Work is a blessing, not a punishment
In America today, too many people believe that work is drudgery — that only certain kinds of employment are ennobling or provide fulfillment.…
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Plan B: The Campaign for the Cabinet
The first presidential primary votes won't be cast until January, and the Republicans won't nominate their candidate until…
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Francis in Cuba: The whole world is watching
The eyes of the world will be on Pope Francis as he arrives in Cuba on Saturday to begin the first leg…
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A new voice for the rest of us
For more than one hundred years, from 1856 to 1956, the Boston Post was this city's largest daily newspaper. Founded…
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Obama + Kerry = Neville Chamberlain
In September 1938, British Prime Minister Neville Chamberlain traveled to Munich to meet with Nazi leader Adolf Hitler. There, Chamberlain and other…
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Fatherlessness: The root cause of income inequality
During the last several years, there has been a growing chorus from progressive politicians and intellectuals about income inequality in America. Numerous…
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The Donald Trump sideshow
We're confident that Donald Trump will not be president of the United States. We also think it highly unlikely that…
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American heroes in Europe
It has been said that we live in a hero-less era: a world where young people are entitled, and selfish, and…
