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It has been said that we live in a hero-less era: a world where young people are entitled, and selfish, and unwilling to sacrifice for others; a world where even yesterday's heroes (Columbus, Washington, Lincoln, Martin Luther King) are criticized for their personal failings or, worse yet, for
Massachusetts
As we turn the pages of our calendars to September, and children return to school, policymakers face important decisions about the way we will educate the next generation of Massachusetts students. Historically, Massachusetts has been a leader in education reform. This year, from standards and testing to charters schools and
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With the announcement Wednesday by Senator Barbara Mikulski (D-Md.) that she will support the administration's nuclear agreement with Iran, President Obama now has enough votes to ensure that his unsound deal will go forward. But before he takes that victory lap, President Obama would be wise to consider
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As President Obama and Secretary of State John F. Kerry continue to insist this week that the Iran nuclear deal will make the world a safer place, Iranian Supreme Leader Ayatolla Ali Khamenei bragged on Twitter that the pact prevents the "Great Satan" from directly inspecting Iran'
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Many praised Biden's "honesty" for saying to Stephen Colbert on CBS' "The Late Show": "I don't think any man or woman should run for president unless, number one, they know exactly why they would want to be president, and two,
Barack Obama
My 22-year-old son lives at home and still depends on his old man for spending money. My profoundest fear is that like Will Ferrell's character in "Wedding Crashers," he will never leave the nest. I'm not alone. There are some 20 million college grads
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Late last month, the Chronicle of Higher Education featured an article titled "An Epidemic of Anguish," in which the author describes the skyrocketing rates of student mental illness on campuses. Although this is now garnering national attention, it is not a brand new problem — those of us working
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Over the past several years, there has been a flood of books and commentary about American boys' "failure to launch" into adulthood and how many young men today maintain the mentality of a 15-year-old well into their late twenties and thirties. One explanation for this phenomenon is
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