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• Comment on: Hugo Chavez: Demagoguery aside, Venezuelan president was right about poverty - Opinion - The Boston Globe

  Posted 03/11/2013 09:07:46 EDT

  A good, balanced article.  Still, it is too soon to know the influence of Chavez on the rising of the poor of Latin America.  In his own country, this will depend on the sustainability of the politica more »

• Comment on: A rare triumph for expertise - Metro - The Boston Globe

  Posted 09/29/2012 01:44:15 EDT

  In the public mind, honesty and competence in calling football games clearly outranks honesty and competence in legislating and governing, where bad calls are the norm.

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• Comment on: Steven Strogatz teaches math to the masses - Arts - The Boston Globe

  Posted 09/28/2012 01:48:02 EDT

  Strogatz writes "Sometimes the argument is made that someone needs to learn math to be an informed citizen. I think honestly you don’t need to do it; most people function perfectly fine. . . . This more »

• Comment on: ‘A Sense of Direction’ by Gideon Lewis-Kraus - Books - The Boston Globe

  Posted 06/05/2012 12:39:29 EDT

  My hat is off to the reviewer; if the book is as interesting as the review, then it is worth a read. To elaborate, the author's angst about how to live the one life he has to lead, however free he may more »

• Comment on: - Opinion - The Boston Globe

  Posted 06/04/2012 09:45:18 EDT

  If the columnist wishes to address mail service, why rely on a far-fetched analogy with rocket travel? How about addressing the service ethos of the mail service? In so many towns in America the post more »

• Comment on: 'Rethinking party lines'

  Posted 02/07/2011 11:32:09 EST

  The Mass. House and Senate have rejected an advisory independent commission, which would have helped restore some of the credibility that past editions of the redistricting process have lost. Meanwhil more »

• Comment on: Ed reform: Fighting on without Michelle Rhee - The Boston Globe

  Posted 10/15/2010 02:07:38 EDT

  Is Rhee's demise just a byproduct of peculiarities of local politics in D.C.? I think not. Her rhetoric and actions were perfectly in tune with the "smash the system" mind set that is now in fashion a more »

• Comment on: 'Popular vote initiative draws critics'

  Posted 08/02/2010 01:13:56 EDT

  I don't know whether I will continue to read and write comments, even on interesting topics such as this. There is too much evidence of the peddling of fear, anger, even paranoia, from political opera more »