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If you think President Donald Trump has an antagonistic relationship with the press now, just wait until his administration slaps a new 30% tax on newsprint. Seriously. That's the threat America's newspaper publishers are warning about, with the Commerce Department's International Trade Administration set
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Are you going to some mass-celebration of New Year's Eve on Sunday night? If so, are you afraid of being sexually assaulted? Chances are that's not a major concern this weekend for either women or men going out to First Night revelries in Boston or other
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My 16-year-old son is an achiever in a variety of fields. Near-perfect PSAT score, soccer goalkeeper, state champion debater, chess whiz … So, I bought him a book for Christmas. Right away, the author outlines some of the goals.
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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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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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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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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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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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