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The most illuminating recent article about the tax reform debate didn't appear on the front page of any newspaper. It wasn't in the business section, or on the editorial page. It was an interview that appeared on an inside page of the New York Times arts
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The news this past August 22, a Tuesday, seemed promising. The Massachusetts Department of Public Health released its quarterly report showing a 5 percent decline in opioid-related deaths in the first half of 2017 compared with the same period last year (978 deaths, as opposed to 1,031 deaths; January
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The early October newspaper reports highlighted the same point over and over again. A compromise had been reached on the question about contraceptive health insurance coverage in Massachusetts in the event that national Obamacare policy was reformed or repealed. The word "compromise" usually implies that opposing sides make
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Last month, Donald Trump's local campaign director of Jewish Outreach wrote an op-ed article in the Newton TAB titled "The Choice: Jewish Liberalism or the Jewish State." With Simchat Torah (Rejoicing of the Torah) coming up, I would like to respond by saying the real choice
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Fifty years ago "advocates" argued that contraception should be legal even if a state legislature said it shouldn't be. Now they're arguing that it should be free and paid for by people who think it's immoral. You've come a long
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In my experience, people tend to give off a certain type of energy. Some good … some bad. It's that feeling you get when you see someone for the first time or you shake his hand. I don't know what it is for sure. Intuition? The soul?
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"These senseless killings will continue as long as we have that cursed Second Amendment in the Constitution. Repeal the Second Amendment." — Bob Englehart, adjunct professor at Eastern Connecticut State University
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The Trump Administration's acknowledgement that it is in direct contact with the North Korean government over its missile and nuclear testing programs is an important step toward the peaceful resolution of a crisis that, until now, appeared headed for a full-scale military confrontation. And while war with North
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