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Anthony Trollope, who, like Charles Dickens was born in England in the mid-1810s, wrote 47 novels, several plays and a famous Autobiography … yet he is virtually unknown in America. Many of his novels, such as The Warden, the first in a series of novels called the Barchester Chronicles, were extremely
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"Once in Royal David's City" is one of my favorite Christmas carols. When I was eight, my class sang it in the school Christmas concert … and I've loved it ever since. David's City is, of course, Bethlehem, the town where Jesus was
Culture
This fall, I struggled through 850 pages of Little Dorrit – a novel written by Charles Dickens, who wrote 15 novels in all. By many accounts, this was one of his worst. And, as much as I love the most Dickens novels, I must agree. It was, indeed, painful to get
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Many elected liberals in Massachusetts support more restrictions on activity to prevent the spread of the virus. Here is a look at five of those policy proposals: 1. Going Back To Remote Learning
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Massachusetts is going to needlessly burn through a lot of money soon. Back in February, President Joe Biden signed the $1.9 trillion American Rescue Plan into law. Part of that stimulus package gave money to states, including states like Massachusetts that have a surplus of money.
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Bob Dole died today. The former Republican U.S. senator and three-time presidential candidate was 98. Dole was no conservative. Newt Gingrich used to deride him as "tax collector for the welfare state."
News
President Joe Biden spent Thanksgiving in Nantucket last week at a time when he is pushing to give people who own homes on the island a sizable tax cut as a part of his Build Back Better Agenda. One of the largest provisions of the government spending bill is a
Editorials
A jury unanimously found 17-year-old Kyle Rittenhouse not guilty of intentional homicide, reckless and attempted homicide, and reckless endangerment. Twelve citizens concluded that when he killed two men and wounded another during a riot in Kenosha, Wisconsin in August 2020, he did so in self-defense. And how could they have
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