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college
If anyone wonders why I often write about the antics that go on in academia, it's not merely because I've spent 25 years as an academic — and so I know the way the sausage is made. It is also because higher education in the United States
Massachusetts
Should physician-assisted suicide be legal in Massachusetts? Some say the measure helps people seeking to avoid a painful death, others believe unintended consequences could easily arise when insurers are left to choose expensive, life-prolonging treatments or cheap, fatal drugs. What do you believe? YES NO UNDECIDED
Pro-life
Should physician-assisted suicide be legal in Massachusetts? Some say the measure helps people seeking to avoid a painful death, others believe unintended consequences could easily arise when insurers are left to choose expensive, life-prolonging treatments or cheap, fatal drugs. What do you believe? YES NO UNDECIDED
Donald Trump
Dr. Ben Carson's whole life has been very unusual, so perhaps we should not be surprised to see the latest twist — the media going ballistic over discrepancies in a few things he said. Years ago, when I was writing some autobiographical sketches, I dug up old letters, to
Massachusetts
Few stories pack as emotional a punch as ones that involve someone diagnosed with a terminal illness beating the odds, being the first cured — the one who lives and brings hope to others facing the same death sentence. A newly released book, "The Right to Try," shows that
congress
Paul D. Ryan's election as the 54th Speaker of the U.S. House of Representatives provides Republicans an important opportunity to prove that they are the party of ideas, political sobriety, and prudent statecraft. In the coming weeks, Mr. Ryan's task will become clear: he must
Pro-life
Should physician-assisted suicide be legal in Massachusetts? Some say the measure helps people seeking to avoid a painful death, others believe unintended consequences could easily arise when insurers are left to choose expensive, life-prolonging treatments or cheap, fatal drugs. What do you believe? YES NO UNDECIDED
Massachusetts
When two former governors team up to pressure the current occupant of that office to spend tax dollars, working families should hold onto their wallets. Knowing those ex-governors as the bipartisan founding fathers of the Big Dig, taxpayers should prepare for a red-ink tsunami. Three-term Democrat Mike Dukakis and twice-elected
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