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Over the past several months, even the past several cycles, various pundits have argued the divide in the Massachusetts Republican Party is about moderates vs. liberals, or more recently Trump vs. anti-Trump. While some folks might look at it that way, those who look deeper will see that the divide
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President Barack Obama couldn't resist descending into demagoguery during his farewell address Tuesday night. It was billed as an uplifting, forward-looking speech, and if you look past the rhetorical tricks he used to make it look as if his administration has brought us prosperity, you could say it
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Gentle reader, if the feverish pace of change in technology, globalization and climate change both fascinates and frightens you, read Tom Friedman's new book, Thank You for Being Late. His forensic examination and farsighted explanation of the acceleration of everything is an exercise in expeditionary learning and his
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The American people should be prepared: We should expect nothing less than defcon-five level alarmism from some lawmakers on the Left who are fearful that President Barack Obama's namesake health care law will soon be undone. In fact earlier this week, Nancy Pelosi, the California Democrat who oversaw
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Republicans are on notice: Democratic Senate Minority Leader Charles Schumer has threatened to stonewall any Supreme Court nominee Democrats consider "out of the mainstream." Mr. Schumer says Democrats will fight "tooth and nail" against any conservative nominee and will consider keeping the late Antonin Scalia'
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For those who missed it, the Golden Globes happened last night. Jimmy Fallon hosted the event, opening the night with a monologue directed at lamenting the 2016 election and casting aspersions about the hell that awaits us come inauguration day. Eventually someone will come up with more original material than
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When John Kerry finishes his tour of duty as Secretary of State in 11 days, does he expect a tickertape parade in his hometown of Boston? Will the men cheer and the boys shout and the ladies all turn out, and will we all feel gay when Johnny comes marching
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You know those sappy debate questions where the moderator asks each of the candidates to say something nice about the other one? Here are the poor candidates, having spent the past 88 minutes and the previous umpteen months eviscerating each other. (Often correctly, too — a politician saying positive things is
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