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Obama Talked The Talk; But Trump May Walk The Walk
As we close out 2016, and the Obama presidency, retrospectives will abound. Liberals will lament the close of the Obama "Hope…
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A Thanksgiving prayer
If you spend any time on social media, it is easy to see the divisions in our country, in our communities, in…
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ENOUGH
Through crisis comes opportunity. Politically, the country appears headed for the brink regardless of the outcome of this election. A Trump presidency…
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Suit up and show up
What's a conservative to do in November's election? The presidential election is nothing short of a 5-alarm…
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Here we go again
In yet another summer Friday document dump last week more information about Hillary Clinton's secretive email server, and the classified…
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Diversity, race, ethnicity, and privilege
I am an American. That designation being insufficient for purposes of the diversity-accountants of the modern civil-rights movement, I am…
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Do we still dream the dream?
Every year, on Martin Luther King Day, NPR plays Dr. King's 1963 "I Have a Dream" speech from…
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Memo to Gov. Baker: Quotas are the opposite of fair
Governor Charlie Baker recently broke new ground by making Massachusetts the first state in the nation to make lesbian, gay, bisexual, and…
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What’s missing from graduation speeches
Graduation season is upon us, and thus starts the annual ritual of the middle-aged and elderly offering advice to the young.…
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Massachusetts, Alabama, and judges
Among the Supreme Court decisions issued last month following the death of Justice Scalia was a per curiam decision of the Court…
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Still against Trump
I wrote my first anti-Trump column in August. I wrote another in December. It is apparent that many Republican primary voters…
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What to look for in a judge
With the Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court facing several pending vacancies and more on the horizon, and with the late Justice Antonin Scalia&…
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Democrats and voting rights: Do as we say — not as we do
With the primaries in full swing, the Republican food fight over Trumpism continues, and Hillary Clinton and Bernie Sanders compete to bash…
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The case for Bush
As a conservative, deciding who to support in the Republican primary is about two things: substance and electability. First, conservatives want to…
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Questions for the Republican candidates
On Jan. 14 and 28, and Feb. 6, the Republicans will have the final three debates prior to the New Hampshire primary.…
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Sex on campus: obtaining consent in the hookup culture
As a lawyer, I have followed closely the campus sexual assault "epidemic" that has gathered much attention in recent years…
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Because of the youth, the March went on
WASHINGTON, D.C. — As I write, Washington is still digging out from the historic blizzard that slammed the city on Friday, Jan.…
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Fontbonne and the First Amendment
The First Amendment protects those with whom we disagree. Most people have no problem allowing speech with which they agree. But ask…
