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Finding hope at the New England Center for Veterans

Finding hope at the New England Center for Veterans

Mary McCleary

Each month I receive an email from my DAR chapter requesting volunteers to serve dinner at the New England Center for Homeless Veterans. I'm always taken aback by those two words – homeless and veteran. It is appalling that these brave men and women, who've risked everything for their country, are reduced to such dire circumstances. Thankfully, the NECHV provides hope and help for them, and also offers many opportunities for the public to support their efforts.

Located near the Old State House in downtown Boston, the NECHV is one of the nation's largest private providers of housing, health, and employment services for homeless and at-risk veterans. The organization was founded twenty-five years ago by a group of Vietnam veterans who were alarmed at the growing rate of homelessness among their ranks.

The Ben Carson flaps
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The Ben Carson flaps

Thomas Sowell

Dr. Ben Carson's whole life has been very unusual, so perhaps we should not be surprised to see the latest twist — the media going ballistic over discrepancies in a few things he said.

Years ago, when I was writing some autobiographical sketches, I dug up old letters, to check out things that I remembered — and was surprised more than once to discover that my memory was not always exactly the same as the way things had happened and were recorded at the time.

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