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government

Stepping in front of the government bulldozer

A review of "The Grasping Hand: Kelo v. New London and the Limits of Eminent Domain" by Ilya Somin In 2005, the United States Supreme Court, in a narrow 5-4 decision, ruled that the city of New London, Connecticut could use the power of eminent domain to transfer

Massachusetts

Even when local, the past is a foreign country

In what is sure to be a treat for all New England history buffs, Boston City Archaeologist Joseph Bagley recently published A History of Boston in 50 Artifacts. Bagley curated the artifacts from archaeological sites ranging from pre-contact Mattapan fish weirs to Boston's red light district, "the

Bernie Sanders

Thinking outside the (reliquary) box: A historicist approach to a socialist emblem

"They were happy and lively times … we were alert … to what was happening to people, to poor people, all over the world … I think we really did try to understand how the different economic systems works, and the politics of our nations, and we wanted to see America change,

NewBostonPost

Debunking the new geocentrists

Karl Keating is the founder of Catholic Answers, one of the nation's largest lay-run apostolates of Catholic apologetics and evangelization. For more than three decades, his career has been to patiently defend the Church, both in terms of its doctrine and its historical record, against attacks by those

book review

Chick Lit with a twist

Chick Lit novels can be set almost anywhere, but when two authors decide to set their heroine's adventures in the middle of the philosophy department at University of Dallas, you may feel as if you've entered the Twilight Zone. Welcome to the world of Catholic Philosopher