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How Are You Sleeping? How’s Your Appetite? Have Any Guns?Doctors To Ask Patients About Guns in Home If Boston Mayor Gets His Way

Matthew McDonald

Doctors would have to ask patients if they have guns in their home if the Massachusetts Legislature approves a new state law proposed by Boston Mayor Marty Walsh.

The bill, called "An Act To Prevent Gun Violence," "would require medical professionals to ask patients about the presence of guns in their homes, with the goal of identifying red flags that could indicate risks related to suicide, domestic violence, or child access to guns," according to a written statement from the mayor's office.

Bringing The Right Together Under Tested and Trusted Principles
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Bringing The Right Together Under Tested and Trusted Principles

Joshua Norman

The recent nationwide electoral shellacking of the Republican Party at the hands of the Democrats reminded me of a key episode in Moshe Rebbeinu's (the name means "Moses, Our Teacher") early life. 

In the third reading of a recent Torah portion (Shemot (which means "Names")), Moshe goes out to observe the Hebrew slaves at Pharoah's behest as part of his duties as a palace chamberlain. Moses sees an Egyptian taskmaster beating a Hebrew slave and kills the Egyptian after seeing prophetically that no future Jewish proselyte would descend from the assailant. The next day, Moshe tries to settle a dispute between two Hebrew slaves fighting amongst themselves only for one of the slaves to sass him back.  Moshe realizes then that G-d allowed the Hebrews to suffer under the yoke of Egyptian slavery due to their divisiveness and their quarrelsome nature.

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