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Charlie Baker may be one of the most popular governors in the United States, but many are not happy with the way he is handling the current coronavirus pandemic. Baker took flak this past week from various angles.
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"Pandemics Kill Compassion, Too," is the headline over a David Brooks column in the New York Times predicting that the coronavirus is about to "inflame class divisions." Well, if the New York Times editorial page is going to use the pandemic to confirm its prior assumptions,
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With a coronavirus pandemic largely dictating the way people live their lives in Massachusetts, leisure activities outside of the house are limited. College and pro sports seasons are suspended; restaurants and bars are now takeout-only; and movie theatres are shut down.
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The Age of Selfies: Reasoning About Rights When the Stakes Are Personal By Adam J. MacLeod Rowman & Littlefield Publishers 168 pages We live in an age of ideological civil war. And as in most wars, both sides think that the outcome is vital for our nation. The differences between
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Following up on my suggestion of small church services through online signup to get around coronavirus restrictions, a reader suggested outdoor Masses. That got me to thinking of what Irish Catholics did during penal times. Mass was illegal and persecuted in Ireland from around the 1650s to the 1750s, as
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The Massachusetts Department of Public Health has exempted elective abortions from the statewide ban on elective surgery during the coronavirus precautionary restrictions. "DPH defines nonessential, elective invasive procedures as procedures that are scheduled in advance because the procedure does not involve a medical emergency; provided, however, that terminating a
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Former Massachusetts Governor Bill Weld will not be the next President of the United States, or the Republican Party's presidential nominee. Weld, who primaried incumbent President Donald Trump, dropped out of the presidential race on Wednesday afternoon after failing to win any states.
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Public Masses in Massachusetts's Catholic churches are not occurring amid the coronavirus pandemic, but that has not stopped some from going to church for personal prayer. New Boston Post visited several churches on the South Shore on Wednesday, March 18.
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