Commentary
Seth Moulton’s Attack on Moment of Silence Is An Abandoning of America
"As after #Orlando, I will NOT be joining my colleagues in a moment of silence on the House Floor that just becomes an excuse for inaction." — Seth Moulton
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Commentary
Harvard President Biography Puts Today’s Headlines in Perspective
Sometimes the best way to understand the news is to put down the newspaper, or cellphone, or close the Internet browser, and pick up a history book. It has a way of putting things in perspective.
Commentary
The Agony and Defeat of Entertainment and Sports Political Network
"We live in a political world Everything is hers or his Climb into the frame and shout God's name But you're never sure what it is" — Bob Dylan, "Political World"
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The Real Patriots
The New England Patriots adopted their name from the real Patriots who over two centuries ago stood their ground to fight to create a new nation. Many of those real Patriots are buried in and around the Boston area. Some close to the very spot where they were slain, in
Culture
College Basketball Pay-To-Play Scandal Is Larger Than Life
It's a sign of our society that Rick Pitino is apparently out as Louisville's basketball coach because some of his players apparently took tens of thousands of dollars from a shoe company funneled through assistant coaches. It's not that money has somehow corrupted college
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Kneeling During Anthem, Good; Kneeling To Pray, Bad
More and more athletes kneel during the National Anthem before their games. They say they want to point out injustice in our country. They have the right to do this. It is a right they, and their supporters, often point out.
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Kim Jong-un’s List of Demands for Donald Trump
To the Psycho Trump: Your recent execrable execrations at the United Nations only add to your legendary war crimes and the terrible punishments that await you.
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More Catholic Than …
"You're more Catholic than the Pope." That type of gentle needling has been part of intra-Catholic repartee for decades. It demonstrates good-humored acknowledgement that a friend takes Catholicism very seriously. Going beyond Church rules, the "more Catholic" friend is making sacrifices or acting generously
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