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The Most Unexpected New Year’s Resolution – Can You Make It?
If you're like many, you're getting ready to make New Year's resolutions. Lose weight. Find a new job. Stop smoking.
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Office Pool 2018
In memory of the late William Safire, place your bets now on possibilities for the year ahead. Use the available choices or try writing in your own scenarios. Last year's iteration anticipated the Patriots Super Bowl victory, the stock market rally, President Donald Trump's Jerusalem move,
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Flakery: U.S. Senate’s Loss May Be Harvard’s Gain
By his own admission, Jeff Flake couldn't win a Republican primary for U.S. Senate in Arizona next year. When anybody last cared enough to test his poll numbers, his approval rating in the state he represents was 30 percent. Yet there he was, on ABC's
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‘Jingle All the Way’: The War on Christmas Began in Boston. And Continues in Boston
Vice President Mike Pence was probably just following the many examples of his superior. On the South Lawn at the White House, celebrating the passage of the Republican tax cut with President Donald Trump and many members of Congress, Pence proclaimed an outrage: "Merry Christmas America." Good Lord!
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When the Screen Is Blank, Kids Come Alive
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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Six Good Things About Cardinal Law
Let's stipulate that Cardinal Bernard Francis Law was the worst bishop of Boston in the 209 years of the diocese. The clergy sex abuse scandal mangled the lives of children and their families, shook the faith of devoted Catholics, prevented would-be converts from joining, cost an amazing amount
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Lifeline To Oppressed Easthampton Ninth-Graders: How To Fight The Power and Stay Cool
Dear Easthampton High School Freshman, That's what you are, right? A freshman?
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Is The New York Times A Foreign Agent?
Does the New York Times have to register with the government under the Foreign Agents Registration Act? The act has been in the news lately in connection with the wide-ranging probe by special counsel Robert Mueller into foreign interference in the 2016 presidential election.
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