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Massachusetts

Underground Railroad history at Concord’s Wayside

It is fitting that the same house that welcomed Concord minutemen and esteemed literary figures Nathaniel Hawthorne and Louisa May Alcott also welcomed weary slaves struggling for freedom along the Underground Railroad. The Wayside in Concord was a safe house for the fugitive travelers, and is located on the same

slavery

Attacking our founders

Many of my columns speak highly of the wisdom of our nation's founders. Every once in a while, I receive an ugly letter sarcastically asking what do I think of their wisdom declaring blacks "three-fifths of a human." It's difficult to tell whether such

Harvard University

Harvard activists push to purge Law School crest

CAMBRIDGE – Activists at Harvard Law School are asking the esteemed school to ditch the wheat. Student protesters claim the sheaves in the Harvard Law insignia "stain the school's contribution to humanity." The reason?