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Reviews are trickling out of Toronto, where the Hollywood docudrama Chappaquiddick held its first screening, and word is that the film in unflinching in its retelling of the circumstances leading up to and after the drowning death of Mary Jo Kopechne in July 1969. Specifically, prominent critics are claiming that
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In his marvelously insightful book, A Man and His Presidents: The Political Odyssey of William F. Buckley Jr., Alvin S. Felzenberg recalls the 1960 presidential contest when the National Review founder saw then-candidate Richard Nixon as "less the leader of the GOP than as the 'amalgamator' of
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You may have missed this one last weekend due to the barrage of news on Hurricane Irma. Former Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton was apparently so confident that she would defeat Republican Donald Trump that she bought the home next door to her and her husband's multi-million-dollar estate
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The biological male formerly known as Bradley Edward Manning has two qualifications for becoming a visiting fellow at Harvard's Kennedy School of Government: betraying the country and seeking to have genitalia chopped off. Imagine some other former U.S. Army specialist getting an appointment at Harvard without those
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Several prominent Massachusetts pro-lifers are criticizing Cardinal Sean O'Malley and other Catholic bishops in the state for what they call "betrayals" of the pro-life movement. The pro-lifers cite examples of O'Malley acting chummy in public with politicians who support legal abortion. But they are
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Harvard's Kennedy School of Government has withdrawn Chelsea Manning's appointment as a visiting fellow, after enduring heavy criticism. The dean, Douglas W. Elmendorf, posted a statement on the school's web site just after midnight Friday calling the appointment "a mistake."
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By Katie Lannan STATE HOUSE NEWS SERVICE A Shrewsbury Republican kicked off his bid against U.S. Representative James McGovern last weekend and is pledging to bring a personal approach to issues like immigration and opioid addiction.
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The concepts of pro-life and pro-choice are routinely placed in opposition to each other, dueling philosophies competing for adherents. Pro-life prioritizes the protection of innocent human life above other claims; pro-choice demands individual autonomy above all else. In brief form, that sums up each position. For obvious reasons, the political
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