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Comment on: Terrafugia Transition flying cars: Not just for escaping zombies - - Boston.com
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Comment on: Websites that help sort fact from fiction - Opinion - The Boston Globe
I'd add Snopes.com, and, though to the left of center, mediamatters.com. Factcheck.com, though, gave its 'pants on fire of the year' to the utterly true observation that Paul Ryan's voucher plan would more »
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Comment on: 'Jimmy Buffett and followers still at home in Margaritaville'
Not rejecting Buffett out of hand, nor ridiculing his followers. Nor advocating a dour existence in which there's no place for anything other than 'Long Day's Journey Into Night' or Ingmar Bergman mov more »
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Comment on: A steep price - The Boston Globe
Franchisees see a business environment in which independent operators can't compete financially with huge corporations whose franchisees benefit from nationwide advertising and economies of scale. The more »
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Comment on: Mass. Pike needs open tolling; until then, quick fixes will help - The Boston Globe
lem's prior post, which crossed with mine, acknowledged
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Comment on: Mass. Pike needs open tolling; until then, quick fixes will help - The Boston Globe
Charging fees for use of congested highways as an incentive to use other means of transport while reflecting public cost of their use isn't an idea to be rejected out of hand. Many a decision to drive more »
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Comment on: The last act in an Irish tragedy - The Boston Globe
I see a rejection of romanticism, rather than an embrace of it, in the article. 'He may be a rascal, but he's our rascal' has been said of many politicians by members of many ethnic and racial groups. more »
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Comment on: 'Jimmy Buffett and followers still at home in Margaritaville'
The original song, 'Wasting Away Again in Margaritaville', wasn't much of a celebration. Had some truth to it: denial evolved into insight and acknowledgment of responsibility. That Buffett and the Pa more »
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Comment on: 'More doctors gravitate toward boutique practice'
What the article doesn't mention at all are the myriad difficulties of primary care. The worst administrative burdens. The lowest reimbursements, sometimes (as with Medicaid and even Medicare) not eve more »
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Comment on: 'Among Kraft moves, coach gets top billing'
Were a team anywhere as successful as the Patriots have been, the fans there would, rightly or wrongly, have dismissed something like 'Spygate' without a second thought. Meanwhile, there hasn't been a more »
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Comment on: A lesson for America - The Boston Globe
Skills don't drive China's economic success at this point, which is based on manufacturing. Vast numbers of manufacturing jobs, before leaving for China and other places, were easily filled by America more »
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Comment on: 'Jets vow revenge against Pats
You trash talk and you don't back it up, you're a jacka**. You trash talk and you back it up, you're a victorious jacka**. more »
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Comment on: 'Children on the firing line'
Ms Weiss' column is unfortunately timed, given the Arizona horror of yesterday. Playing a video game or laser tag is not the same thing as handling a weapon designed for one, and only one purpose: to more »
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Comment on: Fighting public-sector unions - The Boston Globe
It's worth noting that there are two parties to a contract negotiated between a union and an employer. A public-sector union should consider the taxpayers and economic resources available to fund a co more »
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Comment on: Toning shoes: The fat-jiggler of footwear - The Boston Globe
Penalties can in fact be applied to those bringing groundless suits. They usually aren't. Mostly, the suits are dismissed. The majority of suits such as this one, which is absurd on its face, never ge more »
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Comment on: The key to restoring the broken Senate - The Boston Globe
At the very least, there should be accountability for positions taken--no more secret holds; no more 'gentlemen's filibusters' not requiring actual filibuster. Debate should be facilitated rather than more »
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Comment on: Carlisle: Why did the police chief resign? - The Boston Globe
There's a difference between the public's right to know and its need to know. If my town or city's police force has been compromised, I need to know why. more »
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Comment on: Jesus: The core of faith and history - The Boston Globe
There are decent, thoughtful religious people, some of whom embrace science as well as faith, and many of whom respect the religious beliefs, or lack of beliefs, of others. As I do just about every we more »
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Comment on: 'Brown draws ire on the right'
It isn't the Republicans' seat, any more than it was Kennedy's seat. it's the people's seat. Those same people who kept reelecting Kennedy, and in the last election chose Brown. I've spent a lifetime more »
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Comment on: 'Brown draws ire on the right'
1. I don't always agree with Brown. But I think a second party is sorely needed in the state. Doctrinaire right wingers won't ever succeed in being a meaningful alternative to the Democrats. There wer more »
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Comment on: 'New antibiotics —
Agreed entirely with the article and the above posters. I'd add: 1. All bacteria were 'antibiotic resistant' before antibiotics (sulfas, penicillin) came in. Not where we'd want to return. 2. Anyone w more »
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Comment on: 'GOP bid to change nuclear treaty fails'
1. There is no such thing as a 'robust missile defense', never has been. And, even were such a thing possible, there are many other ways to deliver nuclear weapons. Limiting proliferation and continui more »
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Comment on: 'Democrats race clock, try to save programs'
1. All government spending outside your district is pork. All inside your district is just sharing of government spending in compensation for your taxes. No senator or congressperson gets reelected on more »
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Comment on: The New Mitt: Same as the Old Mitt - The Boston Globe
1. Every country in the world with universal health insurance spends for health care far less per capita--half to two thirds--than the United States. A logical approach to lowering the deficit would b more »
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Comment on: 'Brown says he will vote to repeal ‘
The article errs in attributing the 'don't ask, don't tell' policy to President Clinton. It was forced on Clinton by such as Colin Powell and Sam Nunn, after Clinton proposed open gay service. more »
An apocalyptic future is no more probable than a Utopian one. Utopia means 'nowhere' for a reason. And extrapolation, which is to some extent all we've got to define the future, is the very Devil' more »