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About Me: In my youth, I was a campus Marxist. Since then, I've learned a lot and grown up. Now I would describe myself as moderately conservative with libertarian tendencies. I no longer believe that liberal public policies emanating from Washington technocrats and pols will inevitably make the common man or woman better off. That's why Tom Paine is my avatar.
All Recent Activity
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Comment on: Justices reject Arizona voting law requiring proof of citizenship - Politics - The Boston Globe
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Comment on: Taliban signal readiness to begin peace negotiations - Boston.com
I trust the Taliban more than I trust the Iranians. The Taliban have local goals that are terribly reactiionary but don't harm US interests. The Iranians, with their smiling new president, want a nu more »
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Comment on: President-elect of Iran talks of easing tensions with US - World - The Boston Globe
Iran is playing good cop - bad cop and trying to buy more time to build a nuclear bomb. Don't trust this veteran of the Islamic Revolution. His smile is a sham.
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Comment on: Donald Berwick, former Obama administration official, kicks off bid for governor - Boston.com
Under a Governor Berwick, the Commonwealth could apply for admission to the UK National Health Service.
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Comment on: Israel police hunt for vandals that hit Arab town - Middle East news - Boston.com
Most Israelis condemn these attacks on Israeli Arabs by a tiny minority of the Jewish population. When rockets from Gaza hit Israeli civilians, many Palestinian Arabs celebrate. The families of Pale more »
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Comment on: Obama says Northern Ireland peace can be model - World - The Boston Globe
Does our president know that it took a prolonged occupation of Northern Ireland by the British Army to induce most of the IRA to stand down?
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Comment on: Intimidation of Palestine solidarity activism should be brought to light - Letters - The Boston Globe
You should know that no one has a constitutional right to disrupt the protected speech of others.
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Comment on: Bill Clinton: Israel must make peace to survive - Middle East news - Boston.com
Empty rhetoric from a morally challenged president. How exactly should Israel make peace? By evacuating the nation so that Fatah and Hamas can occupy Tel Aviv and kill one another?
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Comment on: Obama chooses lawyer as Guantanamo closure envoy - Boston.com
Dozens of the detainees will be sent back to Yemen where they will rejoin the jihad. Then Obama can step up the drone war in another country. Who has the contract for making these drones and selling more »
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Comment on: Is caffeine withdrawal really a mental illness? - Health & wellness - The Boston Globe
It sounds to me as though the psychiatric profession is trying to drum up more business for its members.
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Comment on: Iranâs president-elect begins talks on policy changes - World - The Boston Globe
Calling this man a moderate is like distinguishing between good and bad Nazis: "Beyond Iran's borders, Mr. Rohani has largely favored "resistance" and nuclear defiance. During the campaign, he boasted more »
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Comment on: Obama chooses prominent lawyer to close Guantanamo - Boston.com
If we send 56 detainees to Yemen, will we need to increase our military presence there? Afghanistan encore?
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Most of the "settlers" live in suburbs of Jerusalem. Their presence is not the obstacle to a peace settlement. The Palestinians could have most of the West Bank and all of Gaza for their state.
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Comment on: Markey leads Gomez by double digits in new poll - Boston.com
Oops. To save money.
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Comment on: Markey leads Gomez by double digits in new poll - Boston.com
Too save money.
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Comment on: The humanities can wait? - Opinion - The Boston Globe
What would the annual tuition be if all college courses were taught by tenure track faculty? How many students would skip college altogether? How much more debt would the others incur?
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Comment on: China embarking on vast program of urbanization - World - The Boston Globe
China has 1.3 billion people and precious little arable land. Local party officials want to move rural people into new cities because they profit handsomely from the land leases and construction cont more »
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Comment on: IRANIAN MODERATE ELECTED PRESIDENT IN REBUKE TO CONSERVATIVES - Boston.com
I think Rand Paul is a dangerous idiot.
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Comment on: The humanities can wait? - Opinion - The Boston Globe
There is no doubt that the humanities can teach students to write, speak and think critically. Thr issue is what is taught in humanities courses. Too many faculty reject the classical texts and push more »
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Comment on: IRANIAN MODERATE ELECTED PRESIDENT IN REBUKE TO CONSERVATIVES - Boston.com
How can this man be a mild mannered moderate when he was permitted to run by Iran's Islamist ayatollahs?
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Comment on: Bill Clinton campaigns for Ed Markey in his bid for Senate seat - Metro - The Boston Globe
Did Monica attend?
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Your editorial fails to mention several key obstacles to social and economic development among the Palestinians. One is widespread corruption within the Palestinian leadership. More importantly, Ara more »
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Comment on: Moderate candidate wins Iran presidential vote - Boston.com
This is a totally misleading story. What does it mean to say that a candidate hand picked by Islamist ayatollahs who express hatred of the US is a moderate?
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Comment on: Lynn, Lawrence act to reduce foreclosures - - The Boston Globe
In the near future, the Globe will run a story about how potential homebuyers in Lynn and Lawrence can't get mortgages. Noble gestures sometimes have negative effects.
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Comment on: Markey enters final campaign stretch with major financial edge - Metro - The Boston Globe
I guess that if you have spent nearly four decades on Capitol Hill, you know how to get fat cats to pull out their checkbooks.
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To my conservative friends: We need immigration reform that is not blatantly anti-Hispanic and that results in the recruitment of hardworking and talented people from Latin America, Asia and other pa more »