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Music that literally melts
Some years ago Outkast rapped, "What's cooler than being cool? Ice cold!" To that let's add a corollary: What's hotter than a record made of...
Gay Republicans blast Hagel nomination to Secretary of Defense
Today, the Log Cabin Republicans (LCR) took out a full-page ad in The Washington Post exposing former Sen. Chuck Hagel’s (R-Neb.) long history of anti-gay...
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Too bad Zipcar isn't taking over Avis
By Dante Ramos If Zipcar were buying Avis, instead of the other way around, the Cambridge-based car-sharing company's fans would be happier today than they are. This should be good...
(January 2, 2013, 02:15 PM)
Narrow focus on New Delhi incident misses scope of India's rape crisis
By Priyanka Borpujari It is for good reason that New Delhi, the capital city of India, is being hailed by the national media as the "rape capital" of the country....
(December 20, 2012, 03:43 PM)
Conn. shooting a reminder of the dangers of gun ownership
By Derrick Z. Jackson The slaughter on Friday in Newtown, Conn., brought back to tragic life scientific data about the danger of firearm ownership long buried by the gun lobby....
(December 18, 2012, 05:20 PM)
'Conflicting facts' about Newtown shootings were really unverified rumors
By Juliette Kayyem There is a saying in emergency management circles that is worth repeating today as the news of the horrors in Newtown, Conn., gets revised, revisited, and completely...
(December 17, 2012, 11:30 AM)
Connecticut mass killing must spark gun control push
By Juliette Kayyem More souls were lost in the school shooting in Connecticut today than in all terrorist attacks combined on United States soil since September 11, 2001. I say...
(December 14, 2012, 01:55 PM)