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"The Baker-Polito Administration Year in Review – 2016," released nearly a year after Massachusetts Governor Charlie Baker assumed the corner office is, in many respects, a blistering indictment of Deval Patrick's eight years as governor. It begins a section entitled "Fixes and Reforms," which lists
GOP
The great Jack Kemp used to say about politicians that "voters don't care what you know until they know that you care." Republicans say they care about the poor and minorities, but do they, really? We have a test case in front of us right now
GOP
COLUMBIA, SOUTH CAROLINA — At a time and day — 8:30 a.m. on a Saturday — when most Americans are sleeping in, the Kemp Forum on Expanding Opportunity convened in the capacious Columbia, South Carolina, convention center. Even at 8:15, it was tough to find a seat. South Carolina'
congress
In the commercial that President Obama released prior to his final State of the Union address, Obama said he would tell Congress how "optimistic" he is about America's future. Good. Politicians and the media are at their most dangerous when they try to scare us, telling
Abortion
Jan. 1, 2015 January 22 marks the 43rd anniversary of Roe v. Wade, the landmark Supreme Court decision that created a constitutional right to obtain an abortion through the third trimester.
professors
It is difficult to see established institutions change. When exactly did our colleges and universities shift from places devoted to transforming our children into mature and thoughtful adults into self-focused consumers? When did higher education become so driven by the bottom line? And, more fundamentally, when did professors morph from
rape
Men, on average, are significantly physically stronger than women. Western pop culture — replete with images of 100-pound girls knocking out muscular men twice their size with an artful kick — disguises this biological reality. Indeed, I've seen athletic young female college students shocked when an average-sized guy beats them
clinton
You may have blinked and missed it, but Kwanzaa came and went this year without much notice. True, President Obama extended his warm wishes via Twitter to those celebrating the week-long celebration of "unity, self-determination, collective work and responsibility, cooperative economics, purpose, creativity, and faith."
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