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U.S. Senator Ted Cruz (R-Texas) wanted to end discrimination against Asian-American students in college admissions based on race, but none of his peers on the other side of the aisle supported his endeavor. That includes U.S. Senator Ed Markey (D-Malden) and U.S. Senator Elizabeth Warren (D-Cambridge) Cruz
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Somerville city officials are interested in issuing lower parking violation fines to poor people and people who don't drive large vehicles. The proposals, which are still in the planning stage, came up earlier this week during a city government board meeting.
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Larry McMurtry died on March 25th at the age of 84. An extraordinary writer, he was arguably the best American novelist of the 20th century. He took exquisite care with observation, word choice, and character development. His books about the American West will influence us for years to come. Of
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"Pawns are the soul of the game." So says the young, woefully naive Bernard Nathanson to his father during a game of chess, doting girlfriend at his side. As Nick Loeb and Cathy Allyn's film Roe v. Wade begins, the line foreshadows the introduction of Norma
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Gordon College can't claim a ministerial exception to shield the school from an anti-discrimination lawsuit brought by a former professor of social work, the state's highest court has ruled. The case may end up at the U.S. Supreme Court, since it touches on unresolved matters
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Gaudium Vitae When the sun goes down this afternoon, look out your window, in the direction of Beacon Hill, and you may well see a slight yet undeniable glow coming from the State House. Last month, the previous legislative session ended with passage of the ROE Act abortion expansion bill.
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There always is this fallacious belief: "It would not be the same here. Here such things are impossible." Alas, all the evil of the twentieth century is possible everywhere on earth. Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn
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In the epic film Braveheart the hero Wallace challenges his outnumbered rabble of Scots to prevail against their mighty foe through their own will and grit. "They'll never take our freedom."
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