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Comment on: At the finish of the Boston Marathon, a place of triumph becomes a place of horror - - Boston.com
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Comment on: - Opinion - The Boston Globe
As a mother of 2 girls who are now women, I understand the discomfort parents feel thinking of their adolescent daughters being sexuall active. What I don´t understand is why the same parents seem unc more »
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Comment on: We dismiss value of handguns as means of defense - Letters - The Boston Globe
So let me get this straight- you are proposing to put armed undercover guards in our schools? How are they to be armed? I guess it would have to be with assault rifles with large clips because a handg more »
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Comment on: Authorities storm Alabama bunker, rescue young boy - Nation - The Boston Globe
This guy should not have a gun and I bet if you had asked any rational person in the town they would have warned you the guy had a screw lose. Too many guns are in the hands of nut cases. A gun killed more »
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Comment on: Groups urge bill aims to lift cap on charter schools - Metro - The Boston Globe
Let's discuss charter schools. This article speaks about charter school as if they are a singular completely successful institution. They are not. Many have commented that the charter schools are not more »
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Comment on: Safety may best be learned at the firing range - Letters - The Boston Globe
Okay, so it is your contention that we should take all of our children to the range to teach them to shoot at the silouettes of people? At what age, 7, 8? Remember that children do not have the develo more »
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Comment on: The other health emergency: mental illness - Metro - The Boston Globe
First we need to change our viewpoint from punishment for mental illness to treatment for mental illness and addiction. Let's let all the people imprisoned for low level, non violent crimes (small amo more »
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Comment on: More Boston schools need flexible âturnaroundâ rules - Editorial - The Boston Globe
"Independent charter schools" are for-profit. If a school is run on a business model, the idea is to make the most money. "Independent charter schools", therefore, are most interested in the efficient more »
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Comment on: Details are a distraction in Newtown killings - Opinion - The Boston Globe
Eight children die each day in the US from gun violence. We should not be focussing on the "story" of each one but the gun policy revisions that will make our society safer. Ridding the country of hig more »
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Comment on: Schools should use caution in warning kids on shootings - Editorials - The Boston Globe
As a first grade teacher I find this article deeply disturbing. There are all kinds of dangers in the world. It is not my job, for example, to teach a "Fall prevention protocol" or a "shark avoidance more »
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Comment on: Court blocks Indiana defunding of Planned Parenthood - Nation - The Boston Globe
Finally. I have a right to my healthcare. Think of it this way: I disagree with covering Viagra. I disagree with invitro with random donors. I disagree with inviro in women over 45. I don't want to fu more »
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Comment on: Why I bike without a helmet - Magazine - The Boston Globe
I admit to feeling a little maternal. First, let me stand in for your mother. What, are you crazy? Head injuries change your life forever. My daughter went over the handlebars and broke her jaw in 2 p more »
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Comment on: Akinâs comments highlight the extreme GOP platform plank on abortion - Editorials - The Boston Globe
Todd Akin has added to the list of horrible consequences of rape. Think about it from the victims perspective, the list of worries has just become longer. There is the fear of AIDS, pregnancy, future more »
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I have the luxury of hindsight. My husband and I took turns being the major breadwinner. I think it is impossible to create balance when there is only one "daily" parent. This discussion is, and must more »
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Comment on: What if spanking works? - Magazine - The Boston Globe
My husband and I have raised 3 children- two from birth and one adopted from the age of 15. Spanking is not necessary and is, ultimately, harmful. Children watch and learn from what you do not what yo more »
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Comment on: Health care system needs more freedom and competition, not less - Opinion - The Boston Globe
It is simple - truly sick people are not profitable and in a "freer" health market you bankrupt them all. When you have a heart attack or you have cancer, I hope you are prepared to lose your house, J more »
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Comment on: Immigration policy smacks of creeping fascism - Letters - The Boston Globe
A country is never safer by making it's citizens mistrustful of the authorities. Immigrants, particularly the undocumented, have a lower incidence of illegal behavior than their "native born" counterp more »
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Comment on: Scariest question a mother can face - Food & dining - The Boston Globe
Having raised 3 kids to adulthood, two thoughts - when kids are starving, stick out on the counter a huge plate of raw veggies with a big cup of dressing. Then start cooking dinner. If you stick to yo more »
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Comment on: Heâs great â but whereâs the spark? - Lifestyle - The Boston Globe
As someone in year thirty of an incredible marriage,remember in a relationship or not, you are responsible for your own happiness. If the "spark" is gone - it is on both of you. Take the problem on, t more »
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Comment on: Pennies: MIT physicist takes on the zinc lobby - Editorials - The Boston Globe
EASY - LET'S SAVE MONEY. STOP MAKING PENNIES. more »
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Comment on: Pharmacists owe teens accurate information about Plan B - Editorials - The Boston Globe
How about all the men in the world agree to be responsible and prepared to raise a child to 21 every time they have sex? Maybe they should have to sign a piece of paper and wear a condom every time fo more »
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Comment on: âGarbologyâ by Edward Humes - Books - The Boston Globe
Like most large scale problems, a significant dent can be made if a large group of people make small changes. To use a mason jar annual amount of garbage as a model will discourage the average person more »
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Comment on: Obamaâs cynical tax campaign - Opinion - The Boston Globe
Yes please, let's engage the real discussion. Before the Bush tax cuts for the super wealthy, there was money for alternative energy, job programs and a balanced budget. Money earned from capital gain more »
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Comment on: Big morons on campus - Metro - The Boston Globe
As an undergraduate at BC 25 years ago, a friend of mine was raped by the the "stars" of the BC football team. There was "no proof" and the 4 idiots lied and provided alibis for each other. They were more »
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Comment on: A vendetta against coal - Opinion - The Boston Globe
So let me get this straight - we should ignore the scientific evidence of mercury pollution shortened lifespans of miners and long term environmental damage in order to "save jobs"? Please. Let us thi more »
An hour before the explosion, my husband and I were standing at the site of the first explosion. We got a little tired of the jostling and decided to grab our bikes and ride back to SOmerville. We fe more »