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• Comment on: Obama urges black graduates to ‘keep setting an example’ - Nation - The Boston Globe

  Posted 05/21/2013 06:28:03 EDT

  http://www.theatlantic.com/politics/archive/2013/05/how-the-obama-administration-talks-to-black-america/276015/

• Comment on: President Obama says critics comparing him to Richard Nixon should “read the history” - Politics - The Boston Globe

  Posted 05/17/2013 05:00:00 EDT

  Thanks, Matt Viser, for actually listing some of the very illegal things Nixon did.  That's much more responsible than Bob Schieffer's spin.  BTW Schieffer's brother was such big donor to George W. Bu more »

• Comment on: A pro-charter school mayor? - Opinion - The Boston Globe

  Posted 05/10/2013 05:51:41 EDT

  I have a student who transferred into my calculus course from a charter school, and it is pretty clear (and the student will say as much) that the charter school's math curriculum consisted of massive more »

• Comment on: If you go - Travel - The Boston Globe

  Posted 04/28/2013 08:17:23 EDT

  About 2.5 hours drive north of LR are Blanchard Springs Caverns, living caves run by the US Forest Service.  An impressive sight

  http://www.blanchardsprings.org/

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• Comment on: Union nurses march in one-day strike to protest staffing levels at Quincy Medical Center - Business - The Boston Globe

  Posted 04/12/2013 05:24:42 EDT

  The real pressure on these hospitals is coming from Cerberus Capital Management, the 1%ers demanding greater profits while not adding anything to patients' comfort, health, or dignity.  It's good the more »

• Comment on: Pfizer plans to relocate most of its 530 Alewife employees to Kendall Square - Business - The Boston Globe

  Posted 04/12/2013 05:10:35 EDT

  If these employees are going to Kendall from Alewife, I sure hope that Senate President Murray & Speaker DeLeo properly fund the T so the Red Line car doors don't open up while their train is moving.  more »

• Comment on: Executive perks still flow to the corner office, from private jet use to event tickets - Business - The Boston Globe

  Posted 04/12/2013 05:08:00 EDT

  This is EXACTLY why Governor Patrick's plan to boost the personal exemption and raise income rates needs to be approved:  too few people at the top are soaking up the wealth for themselves.  A more pr more »

• Comment on: Lunch, denied - - Boston.com

  Posted 04/11/2013 05:49:03 EDT

  Blame the mother, but not the father?  I have more to say but it is 5:48AM and I have to pack my children's lunches.

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• Comment on: Senate bill would boost transportation spending, adhere to House tax plan - Metro - The Boston Globe

  Posted 04/10/2013 05:37:50 EDT

  Good for Eldridge and Chang-Diaz!  If the House and Senate don't pass meaningful Transportation bills, we could lose the Green Line extension Federal funding and all the jobs that would create. 

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• Comment on: The sense and cents of war - Opinion - The Boston Globe

  Posted 04/08/2013 07:08:57 EDT

  Now, one difference that exists between this generation and the last few is previous generations of elites were willing to (and DID) contribute more in income taxes and inheritance taxes to benefit th more »

• Comment on: The sense and cents of war - Opinion - The Boston Globe

  Posted 04/08/2013 07:07:27 EDT

  I think your logic about putting VA benefits onto local health is mistaken. Ezra Klein has had a number of posts arguing that the VA delivers its care more efficiently.  And while local health care mi more »

• Comment on: No surprise - liberals are with Markey, not Lynch - Opinion - The Boston Globe

  Posted 04/07/2013 03:24:36 EDT

  This is nuts. For the past 7 years, John Walsh has stated and re-stated that contested primaries strengthen the Democratic party (and he's been right about that) by getting MORE voters involved.  He's more »

• Comment on: No surprise - liberals are with Markey, not Lynch - Opinion - The Boston Globe

  Posted 04/07/2013 10:48:09 EDT

  This is exactly right! Warren worked hard for every vote she got, from the caucus stage to the convention to the general election. 

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• Comment on: No surprise - liberals are with Markey, not Lynch - Opinion - The Boston Globe

  Posted 04/07/2013 06:36:28 EDT

  Joan, when you look at how Lynch supported building the Keystone XL pipeline (a project that would not create many permanent American jobs) and guarantee more pollution in America (KXL will carry 9x t more »

• Comment on: Gridlock deepens on Beacon Hill over transportation - Politics - The Boston Globe

  Posted 04/06/2013 12:24:08 EDT

  The Governor says we should cut sales tax to 4% and double the personal exemption on income taxes--he wants to shift the burden from the working class to the people at the top of the pyramid.  The Gov more »

• Comment on: Governor Deval Patrick vows to veto $500m transportation plan pushed by lawmakers - Metro - The Boston Globe

  Posted 04/05/2013 05:50:53 EDT

  Let's look at the question about running for office: "- On November 6, there wasn’t a single incumbent Democrat who lost to a Republican anywhere in Massachusetts. - In truth, three incumbent Democr more »

• Comment on: Gun-rights rally draws 1,000 to Boston Common - Metro - The Boston Globe

  Posted 04/04/2013 09:50:02 EDT

  @Numeral, laws about OUI have made a BIG difference. From the Prevention Institute: 'During the 1980s and 1990s, legislative changes, increased law enforcement, highly visible advocacy, public educati more »

• Comment on: Gun-rights rally draws 1,000 to Boston Common - Metro - The Boston Globe

  Posted 04/04/2013 09:23:13 EDT

  http://www.cnn.com/2013/01/19/us/north-carolina-gun-show-shooting

  Maybe, but a quick Google of "people injured at gun shows" (without quotes) turns up a lot of hits.

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• Comment on: Gun-rights rally draws 1,000 to Boston Common - Metro - The Boston Globe

  Posted 04/04/2013 09:20:07 EDT

  Yesterday, while these citizens were using their 1st Amendment rights to assemble and to speak, I spoke with a doctor who works in an Emergency Room.  He's seen so many gunshot wounds over the years, more »

• Comment on: Waiting periods on 401(k) plans can be costly for workers - Business - The Boston Globe

  Posted 03/31/2013 06:19:01 EDT

  Economist Duncan Black is right:  the 401K system is not delivering security to most retirees.  It was supposed to work out, but with all the fees, all these delays companies impose, plus it seems lik more »

• Comment on: Proposed tax increases big concern for Mass. businesses - Business - The Boston Globe

  Posted 03/24/2013 07:37:28 EDT

  It is time for the tech industry to start paying back the country that made all those techies rich.  The Internet was built out of ARPANET with Federal funding, and for a long time the tech companies more »

• Comment on: Cambridge’s new city manager Richard Rossi wades into salary controversy - Metro - The Boston Globe

  Posted 03/19/2013 05:35:58 EDT

  Most people in Cambridge are not happy about the City Manager getting over double Deval's salary. Our city government is very corporate in the sense that the firefighters, police, teachers, and worker more »

• Comment on: Third home on Plum Island demolished after weekend storm - Metro - The Boston Globe

  Posted 03/16/2013 07:59:33 EDT

  I think you're looking for Iraq War retrospective thread.  That really was his fault. 

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• Comment on: Third home on Plum Island demolished after weekend storm - Metro - The Boston Globe

  Posted 03/16/2013 07:57:33 EDT

  Don't build on sand.  It's a rule that's been around since Biblical times.

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• Comment on: Patrick’s tax pitch isn’t playing with Democrats - Opinion - The Boston Globe

  Posted 03/10/2013 10:17:30 EDT

  Joan, it's not a prop when the T has to machine its own replacement parts because we have not bought new cars in 40 years.  How many families drive 40-year-old cars to work, school, and the grocery ev more »