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Governor Baker: Tell Us You’ll Tell Us About Police Scandals
What we haven't heard in any of the pronouncements on the various Massachusetts State Police scandals is the one thing that's vital: A full and public account of what happened.
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How The Scientism Method Leads To Unhappiness, Death, and Disaster
One of the nation's most prestigious newspapers recently put out a weekend edition that prominently featured an essay on how much human life has improved in these last two centuries. The author is Harvard psychologist Steven Pinker, whom we have heard on more than one occasion described as
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Pregnancy Centers Shouldn’t Have To Advertise for Abortion Clinics – And You Shouldn’t Have To, Either
The U.S. Supreme Court hears oral arguments Tuesday morning for a case stemming from a California law that tries to force pro-life pregnancy centers to tell clients where they can get an abortion. State officials in California claim pregnancy centers run by volunteers are commercial entities, and that it&
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How ‘Dilbert’ Creator Scott Adams Got the Trump-North Korea Story Right
Give Dilbert cartoonist Scott Adams the Nobel Peace Prize. Or at least the Pulitzer Prize for commentary.
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Facebook’s Imploding Because Actually We Hate Our Friends And Family
For the first time in a long time … Mark Zuckerberg got it wrong. Big time. And it's leading to an implosion of Facebook … because it turns out we really don't actually like anyone. Follow me for a minute. And keep in mind – I literally do this
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Georgetown Finds An Exemplary Catholic — Would Mother Teresa Agree?
Could you find a better Catholic to honor than Senator Dick Durbin? Durbin sought legislation to force organizations to provide contraceptives among its health care benefits – even if such a mandate opposed an organization's beliefs (like, maybe, nuns).
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It’s Time To Close the Union Loophole
Last week, the Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court heard oral arguments challenging the constitutionality of the union loophole in Massachusetts. The case, 1A Auto v. Sullivan, stems from a lawsuit originally filed by two businesses, one owned by Massachusetts Fiscal Alliance founder Rick Green, and the other owned by a member
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Trump, Trials Target Drug Company Shareholders in Opioid Cases
The opioid addiction issue is headed for the next stop on what is now a well-worn path: from public health crisis, to subject for award-winning and heart-tugging journalism, to payday for trial lawyers. The lawyers are poised to do to prescription drug companies, pharmacy chains, and drug distributors what they
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