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For a generation predisposed to accept the merits of the idea of Progress (with a Roman P), world events have a proved a dispiriting, and truth be told, denigrating illustration of that theory's delusional ambitions. Against the backdrop of international terrorism, increasing domestic discord, and the collapse of
Massachusetts
If only the outwardly progressive candidates seeking the Democratic nomination for the Suffolk and Middlesex state senate seat had looked to history, one of their own might have begun a new Boston dynasty. The special election earlier this month to replace outgoing state Senator Anthony Petruccelli of East Boston will
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Massachusetts
"One entered the city like a god; one scuttles in now like a rat." — Vincent J. Scully, Yale architectural historian So was the thinking about the demolition of a Beaux Arts masterpiece, New York City's Pennsylvania Station in 1963, an act of progressive vandalism, from which
Massachusetts
Beaming over the convention of the consonant caucus, the speaker uttered what would be the second most memorable line in the 1988 presidential race: "This election isn't about ideology, it's about competence…" This dramatic statement was later bested by George H.W. Bush'
Democrats
WASHINGTON (AP) — Back up a moment from the brawl between Democratic presidential candidates Hillary Clinton and Bernie Sanders over who is the real progressive and whether one can be that and be pragmatic at the same time. What is progressivism in 2016, anyway?
progressive
WASHINGTON – At American University in the nation's capital, a division has emerged among the college's female students between those who regard themselves as progressive feminists and those who align themselves with feminism's more conservative wing. The controversy arose earlier this year when the university&
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