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BOSTON — The last time he traveled to Beacon Hill to testify against physician-assisted suicide legislation, Dr. William Lawton spoke as a physician. On Tuesday, he spoke as a patient.
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The trend of National Football League players electing to take a knee during the singing of the national anthem, launched last year by former San Francisco 49ers quarterback Colin Kaepernick as a means of protesting alleged racial biases in the criminal justice system, soared to new highs Sunday after President
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Legalizing assisted suicide in Massachusetts would put pressure on the poor and the disabled to die, opponents say. The Massachusetts Legislature is considering a measure that would allow physician-assisted suicide, but skeptics held a briefing last week foreseeing sad consequences if it passes.
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"You're more Catholic than the Pope." That type of gentle needling has been part of intra-Catholic repartee for decades. It demonstrates good-humored acknowledgement that a friend takes Catholicism very seriously. Going beyond Church rules, the "more Catholic" friend is making sacrifices or acting generously
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By Robert Donachie
Kyle S. Reyes
Police are evil racist Nazi pigs. According to certain fringe groups, that is. But I'd suggest the majority of Americans are pretty sick and tired of this narrative.
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By Katie Lannan STATE HOUSE NEWS SERVICE STATE HOUSE, BOSTON, SEPT. 21, 2017…..A major court ruling in Massachusetts addressed some concerns of immigrants fearing deportation efforts, according to Senate President Stanley Rosenberg, but further changes in law remain under discussion and Rosenberg is hoping a bill will emerge before
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We all live in a moment in history where it is all-politics-all-the-time. Everything from our health to our wealth, from the womb to the tomb, is viewed through the lens of our increasingly divisive politics. The resulting distortions are many. The most serious is language, the very tool we use
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