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Iran put in perspective

Sat, 21 Nov 2009 13:57:46 -0500

The mullahs who rule Iran long have used their description of America as the "Great Satan" to justify such outrages as the suppression of counter-demonstrations...

Palin takes a lickin' and keeps tickin' off the left

Sat, 21 Nov 2009 13:22:43 -0500

With the possible exceptions of Richard Nixon and George W. Bush, no modern politician has been more derided by the media than Sarah Palin. And the attacks do not stop with...

9/11 trial in New York is downright terrifying

Sat, 21 Nov 2009 13:22:23 -0500

WASHINGTON - For anarchists of the late 19th century, terrorism was the "propaganda of the deed." And the most successful propaganda-by-deed in history was 9/11...

Generation gap filled with Y's and X-cuses

Sat, 21 Nov 2009 13:21:37 -0500

There's nothing to warm the heart of an aging generation more than reports of sniping, resentment and hostility between younger generations. Generation X, in particular,...

Sound the drum over scarce oil

Sat, 21 Nov 2009 13:20:45 -0500

WASHINGTON - What city contributed most to the making of the modern world? The Paris of the Enlightenment and then of Napoleon, pioneer of mass armies and nationalist statism?...

Electric car fraud

Sat, 21 Nov 2009 13:18:02 -0500

The Patrick administration, in cahoots with neighboring states, appears to be trying to force a major shift to electric cars as part of a planned "low-carbon fuel"...

And a delay on climate

Fri, 20 Nov 2009 23:17:31 -0500

The Senate will put off consideration of a climate-change bill until spring - and that's good news. Delay gives opponents more time to make their case that any bill...

Moving on health

Fri, 20 Nov 2009 23:16:36 -0500

Even as Senate Democrats prepare to make a show of support for majority leader Harry Reid's health care bill, those who will have to pay for it - and that's most...

Foster kids need you

Fri, 20 Nov 2009 23:15:38 -0500

Children needing placement are an average of 8 years old and many of them have been in foster care for several years. Targeting potential families for this overrepresented...

Real men don't spin lettuce in a vacuum

Fri, 20 Nov 2009 23:13:42 -0500
The phone rings. It is my friend, Larry. "Catch you at a bad time?" he asks. No, no, I pant. Why? "You seem out of breath." Oh, that, I...

World won't bow for Obama's sake

Fri, 20 Nov 2009 23:13:26 -0500
On his 10-day trip to Asia and in his 10th month in office, Barack Obama is beginning to encounter limits on his ambition to change the world. Even as he bowed to the king...

Not to our health

Fri, 20 Nov 2009 23:13:12 -0500
As the Senate weighs a 2,074-page health care "reform" bill, supporters of a government option for medical coverage consider this the finest federal initiative since...

Confront bullying

Thu, 19 Nov 2009 22:59:40 -0500
Bullying should be a part of every curriculum ("Survey: Bullies prey on autistic kids," Nov. 13). I have a son with regressive autism and not only is he made fun...

The real score

Thu, 19 Nov 2009 22:50:04 -0500
As a Boston Public Schools employee I understand how this was put forward and it is not so cut and dried as is written here ("Union blocks teacher bonuses," Nov....

Illegals rewarded

Thu, 19 Nov 2009 22:48:42 -0500
There is only one problem with Gov. Deval Patrick's New Americans Agenda: These people are not Americans ("Roadblocks thrown up for licenses for illegals plan,"...

Trash that scheme

Thu, 19 Nov 2009 22:48:05 -0500
It only takes common sense to know that an additional tax will only make things worse for the people ("State senator proposes litter tax," Nov. 9). I am sure people...

Our Common interest

Thu, 19 Nov 2009 22:47:25 -0500
I love the idea of food in the Boston Common ("Two eateries seek Common ground," Nov. 14). While the Shake Shack sounds great I would love to see a local establishment...

Victimized twice

Thu, 19 Nov 2009 22:46:51 -0500
The state's decision to cut funding for the Sexual Assault Nurse Examiner (SANE) program is in a word insane (Nov. 15). Certainly budgets are tight, but SANE shouldn't...

Taxpayers never win

Thu, 19 Nov 2009 22:46:16 -0500
Just when you think the Legislature might actually be "getting it" - hearing the public's outrage over their taxes going up and how those taxes are being spent...

Race for last place

Thu, 19 Nov 2009 22:45:28 -0500
In failing to adopt meaningful education reforms by the end of formal sessions this week the Legislature has placed the commonwealth at risk of forfeiting some $250 million...

Swing and miss in China visit

Thu, 19 Nov 2009 22:44:53 -0500
If you were troubled by President Barack Obama's "Wow Bow" in Japan, you won't be any happier with the "kowtow" during his just concluded trip...

The sister saved may be yours

Thu, 19 Nov 2009 22:43:42 -0500
Obviously, I am not more knowledgeable about breast cancer than a government-led panel of experts. Yet I know enough to look askance at advice that only women 50 and older...

Don't throw book at her

Thu, 19 Nov 2009 22:42:45 -0500
Slate magazine is just one of the countless media outlets convulsing with St. Vitus' Dance over that succubus Sarah Palin. In its reader forum, The Fray, one supposed...

Joe knows the score

Thu, 19 Nov 2009 00:23:01 -0500
Well said, Joe Fitzgerald ("Fans make wrong call after Belichick gamble," Nov. 18). Other fans in the country would kill to have the Pats, yet we spit on Bill Belichick...

PLAs work for all

Thu, 19 Nov 2009 00:22:28 -0500
A project labor agreement does give something back to the taxpayer ("PLA rocked Plymouth studio," Nov. 18). It gives back a third of my pay because I'm a union...