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Sex on campus: obtaining consent in the hookup culture
As a lawyer, I have followed closely the campus sexual assault "epidemic" that has gathered much attention in recent years…
Robert N. Driscoll
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What is dignity when it comes to death?
Should physician-assisted suicide be legal in Massachusetts? Some say the measure helps people seeking to avoid a painful death, others believe unintended…
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No, the Voting Rights Act is not in danger
How many times have you heard that Republicans want to "disenfranchise" minority voters? Or that the conservatives on the Supreme…
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Guns, Congress, and the will of the people
Like most people who grew up in suburban Boston, I am not a gun person. I've never owned one. I&…
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Re-Imagining September 11
A thought experiment: Place yourself back where you were the morning of Sept. 11, 2001. The sky is that clear humidity-free blue…
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The new Puritans
The Scarlet Letter by Nathaniel Hawthorne has been standard high school reading for decades. In the novel, Hester Prynne, the adulterer forced…
