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Massachusetts Governor Issues New Order
Office of the Governor of the Commonwealth NEW State House (the one built in 1798) Boston, Massachusetts EXECUTIVE ORDER # 2020-86
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Confirmation Bias Infects Elizabeth Warren’s Defense of Joe Biden
The blaring Boston Globe headline says it all: "Warren calls Biden's denial of sexual assault credible, stands by her endorsement." The headline refers to an accusation of misbehavior by onetime staffer Tara Reade against former Vice President Joe Biden, while he was a United States senator
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Don’t Let Coronavirus Carry Off Our Culture, Too
Many weekend afternoons, and some weekday evenings, every year from April through October, a group of people, young and old, male and female, black and white, advanced and beginner, meet to play tennis, shoot the breeze, trash talk, and sometimes share food and drink at our local park. Our family
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Is the ‘Party’ in Houseparty App the Chinese Communists?
For all the attention paid to the boom in use of the videoconferencing app Zoom, the big winner of the coronavirus lockdown so far may be a less work-oriented, more social Zoom competitor called Houseparty. Bloomberg News reports that Houseparty has "been one of the most popular social-networking apps
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Quarantine is a Power of the People, Not Executives
This is our responsibility. Before COVID-19, we the people lost our willingness, and yielded our powers, to make hard decisions. Now we have lost confidence in the experts and executive officials to whom we delegated our powers. But it's no too late to learn from our mistake. We
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First Amendment Falls Victim To Pandemic
A Worcester, Massachusetts pastor, Kristopher Casey, has been punished with a $300 civil fine for convening more than 10 people at his church services and is facing criminal charges. And where has the press been in the face of what seems, on its face, to be an egregious violation of
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The COVID-19 Pandemic: A Classic Example of a Black Swan
A Black Swan is an event, positive or negative, that is deemed improbable yet causes massive consequences. — Nassim Nicholas Taleb, The Black Swan, 2007
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Sharon Chinese Association Donates Masks, Helps Local Hospitals Get the Protection They Need
As doctors and nurses fight bravely on the front lines to save as many coronavirus patients as possible, protecting them has been a big problem. The shortage of protective equipment has sparked protests and debates; some doctors and nurses are desperately in need of masks, surgical gear, and eye equipment
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