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Comment on: The humanities can wait? - Opinion - The Boston Globe
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Comment on: For whites, more deaths than births, data shows - Boston.com
This article--taken from the NY Times--is totally bogus, at least in terms of science. First, comparing live births and deaths is a moving target, the *total* population of the US is growing rapidly, more »
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Comment on: An ominous turn in Syria - Opinion - The Boston Globe
I'm certain, if you were to take a poll right now, over 90% of Americans would reject any calls for involvement in Syria. And yet, in this supposed democracy, what we have is yet another case of a han more »
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Comment on: Apple antitrust suit over e-books set for NY trial - Business - The Boston Globe
This agency model devasted the burgeoning ebook market, it derailed its upward trajectory. If Amazon had been permitted to hold prices at $9.95, the market would have taken hold and established itself more »
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Comment on: Naked Bike Ride? Boston can promote bicycling without gimmicks - Opinion - The Boston Globe
I'm sure without realizing it, this author fell into the classic New England/Globe stereotype of being provincially prudish. I'll use this article as a textbook example of what is meant by Boston prov more »
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From the comments here keeping a low but effective profile is the best strategy for her. We see how far this country has gone to the right when a senator who is advocating for the working middle class more »
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Comment on: Dedham, Wrentham malls boost security - West - The Boston Globe
The cameras will fit in nicely with the watch towers one now sees in mall parking lots. It all reminds me of similar arrangements found in the Soviet Union and eastern European countries in the 1970s more »
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Comment on: In praise of porches, where summer really rocks - Travel - The Boston Globe
Most of the homes of my New England town have porches, too, and as a sign of spring the rocking chairs all come out, ready for action. The problem is, I have never, ever seen anyone actually sitting o more »
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Comment on: New Bedford looks to wind city - Opinion - The Boston Globe
This is a good example of why Germany's economy is so much more successful and productive than the US. One only needs to look at their respective conservative parties to see how polar-opposite the two more »
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Comment on: âSave Meâ: Heche becomes enlightened - Television - The Boston Globe
What Matthew Gilbert does not realize, as a Globe writer, is that this series will have a resonating, deep impact on millions of American viewers throughout the heartland. This film is interesesting n more »
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Comment on: Can Boston be safe for bicycles? - Boston.comment - Boston.com
"That means observing traffic laws, ceding right of way to both cars (they can kill us) and pedestrians (we can kill them)... avoiding blowing through intersections (a little diplomacy goes a long way more »
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Comment on: The censors and Jason Richwine - Opinion - The Boston Globe
The problem with this study is that it is bad science, pure and simple. What pseudo-scientists of Richwine's ilk attempt to do is take a supposed genetic construct--IQ--and apply it to a cultural (i.e more »
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If we consistently follow the claim that as a part of moving traffic, bicyclists must follow the same rules-of-the-road as automobiles, then I am going to take the full lane when I ride. Cars do not h more »
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Comment on: Barbara Waltersâ retirement: Even awkward moments are revelatory - Opinion - The Boston Globe
Well, there's a big difference between sex 'only with love' and sex 'only in marriage'. If Barbara Walters asked a priest the question if sex can *only* be enjoyed within the confines of marriage, ans more »
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Comment on: Men with guitars are more attractive to women: study - Lifestyle - Boston.com
The article does not mention that men carrying a grand piano had, by far, the greatest success of all: women just melted when they saw this fete of muscular musicality, they went, well, gaga...
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My morality tells me that a woman should not have a child unless she is prepared in terms of her life situation, psychologically and financially, to fully embrace the responsibility of raising of a ch more »
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Comment on: A good college fit - - Boston.com
No reason to be disappointed: UMass is a good school where you can get a solid education if you make the most of it. Amherst is no Boston, but it's a wonderful town where lasting relationships can be more »
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Comment on: Can Gomez o overcome the powerful Massachusetts tropism for voting Democratic? - Opinion - The Boston Globe
Yes, context is everything: how could anyone in their right mind vote Republican at this point in time? Depending on your sense of humor, Republicans today are a bunch of looneys straight out of a Mon more »
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Comment on: Boston driving: So bad it needs its own lingo? - Ideas - The Boston Globe
When I learned to drive in California back in the 70s using your blinker to turn was ingrained into our DNA--it was a cardinal rule of driving. The first time I noticed this being not only optional, b more »
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Comment on: What baby names say about everything else - - Boston.com
What this article does not talk about is that there is a very small pool of names that cover the large majority of births. There are times when, in meeting someone, I think, 'Oh god, another Tom!' I s more »
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Comment on: New England senators split by region on gun legislation - Nation - The Boston Globe
It really sickens me to see how these American 'leaders' regard enlightened freedom to be grounded in owning guns. Since these legislators are voted in this semblance of a democracy, they do represent more »
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Comment on: Turbine âflicker effectâ draws complaints - Metro - The Boston Globe
"It's infuriating when people downplay and make fun of the effects of strobing. " Oh please, give me a break. No, I'll give you a kleenex. Millions of Germans live a stone's throw from the countless w more »
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Comment on: At Boston College, condoms, students and teachers - Opinion - The Boston Globe
"Two girls exercising their first amendment rights are getting grief from the Catholic Church. Where's the NRA on this one or if not them the folks who have been boring us to death on the gun issue a more »
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Comment on: Activist investor Carl Icahn buys into Burlingtonâs Nuance - Business - The Boston Globe
Nuance is a terrible company that has little regard for its customers. It uses glitzy advertising to market shoddy and bug-ridden software products. Just look around at the Amazon and other reviews of more »
The problem is a systemic one, it has nothing to do with the humanities in themselves. Humanities teaching positions are fiercely competitive, and over the decades the criteria used to fill positions more »