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Why I'm Backing Alan Khazei for the U.S. Senate

Vicki Strauss Kennedy | Posted 12.05.2009 | Politics

Read More: Tom Delay, Cambridge, Alan Khazei, Americorps, Vicki Kennedy, Massachusetts, Massachusetts Senate Race, Kennedy Serve America Act, Politics News
Vicki Strauss Kennedy

Alan Khazei represents a rare opportunity to elect a bridge builder with a proven ability to work inside Washington, while also galvanizing outside pressure to effectively pass meaningful legislation.

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Remembering Two-Spirits This Thanksgiving

Irene Monroe | Posted 11.25.2009 | Living

Read More: Lgbt, National Day of Mourning, LGBT Rights, Homophobia, Native Americans, Massachusetts, Pilgrims, Thanksgiving Commentary, Two-Spirit, Living News
Irene Monroe

Historically, I am reminded that for many Native Americans, Thanksgiving is not a cause of celebration, but rather a National Day of Mourning.

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Mr. President, 'Change' Is Your 'New Frontier'

John R. Bohrer | Posted 11.17.2009 | Politics

Read More: Restoration, Bush Doctrine, John F. Kennedy, John F Kennedy, Ronald Reagan, Public Policy Polling, 1961, Kennedy, Boston, 1960, Ted Widmer, The Death of Conservatism, Democratic Party, 2012, Change, 2010, 2008, New Frontier, George W. Bush, Jfk, Republican Party, William v. Shannon, 1984, Jack Kennedy, John Winthrop, Mario Cuomo, Massachusetts, Democrats, Charles Blow, Barack Obama, Tom Jensen, The New Frontier, Ark of the Liberties, Republicans, Sam Tanenhaus, Politics News
John R. Bohrer

The Republicans' strategy of slowing down change couldn't be more evident than in the perpetually extending health care debate. But they have been successful at promulgating the idea that they, too, are touting change.

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Christopher Bizilj's Family Files Suit: Family Blames Teen For 8-Year-Old's Uzi Death At Gun Show

AP | Posted 11.10.2009 | Home

Read More: Westfield Sportsman's Club, Gun Show, Chris Bizilj, Parenting, Personal Responsibility, Gun Laws, Gun Shows, Uzi, Submachine Gun, Connecticut, Ashford, Gun Show Deaths, Christopher Bizilj, Massachusetts, Gun Safety, Home News

SPRINGFIELD, Mass. — The family of an 8-year-old boy who fatally shot himself at a gun show in western Massachusetts say the Uzi submachine gun ...

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Sam Stein

Massachusetts Official Refutes Latest GOP Health Care Attacks

HuffingtonPost.com | Sam Stein | Posted 11.07.2009 | Politics

Read More: Health Care Reform, Penatly, Dave Camp, Individual Mandate, Mandate Jail Time, Massachusetts, Mass Health Care, Politics News

The hot new Republican hit on health care reform legislation came in the form of a press release from Rep. Dave Camp (R-Mich). Under Democratic-aut...

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Barney Frank: POT BUST Took Place With Congressman Present

Posted 11.08.2009 | Politics

Read More: Boston, Marijuana, Barney Frank, Medical Marijuana, Pot Bust, Marijuana Laws, Pot, Pot Arrest, Pot Possession, Maine, House, James Ready, Qgunquite, Massachusetts, Barney Frank Pot, Barney Frank Pot Bust, Barney Frank Marijuana, Politics News

Rep. Barney Frank (D-Mass.) was present during his partner James Ready's marijuana arrest in 2007, according to a police report. Ready was arrested ...

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Dudley, Massachusetts Makes It Illegal To Own More Than Three Cats Without License

AP | Posted 11.04.2009 | Home

Read More: Dudley, Mary Ellen Richards, Worcester Telegram Gazette, Kennel License, Limits on Cats, Dudley Ma, Massachusetts, Cat Ownership, Boston, Cats, Home News

DUDLEY, Mass. — A Massachusetts town has made it illegal to own more than three cats without getting a special license. Voters at a town meeting...

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Meet the New Health Care Reform, Same as the Old Health Care Reform

Aaron E. Carroll | Posted 10.27.2009 | Politics

Read More: Uninsured, Minnesota, Public Option, Tennessee, Washington, Health Care Reform, Vermont, Massachusetts, Oregon, Maine, Politics News
Aaron E. Carroll

We will get the incremental health care reforms we were promised. Things will likely get better in the short term. Then, since we didn't contain costs, we'll need to enact real reform. Or, things will go right back to the status quo.

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Boston Terror Arrest: Tarek Mehanna Arrested For Planning Attacks On Shopping Malls

AP | DENISE LAVOIE | Posted 10.22.2009 | Home

Read More: Somalia, Tarek Mehanna, Boston, Arrest, Massachusetts, Terror, Terrorism, Sudbury, Home News

BOSTON — A Massachusetts man and two friends tried and failed to get into terrorist training camps and then plotted to kill two prominent U.S. p...

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Study: Most States Fail To Protect The Legal Rights Of Abused Children

Causecast | Erica Liepmann | Posted 10.16.2009 | Impact

Read More: States Rights, Child Abuse, Massachusetts, Connecticut, Child-Abuse-Prevention, Impact News

A new study released yesterday, co-authored by First Star, a nonprofit advocacy group for neglected and abused children, and the Children's Advocacy I...

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Germans Trying To Pronounce Massachusetts (VIDEO)

Posted 10.14.2009 | Comedy

Read More: Massachusettch, Germans Pronouncing Massachusetts, Video, Massachusetts, Massasusettschs, Germans Massachusetts, Comedy News

Via Buzzfeed comes this adorable ad made by German people for German people with German people trying to say the word "Massachusetts." It doesn't go a...

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Massachusetts Shakespearean Theater Needs $2.3 Million To Continue Operations

AP | Posted 10.16.2009 | Impact

Read More: Massachusetts, Shakespeare, Nonprofit Finance Fund, Impact News

LENOX, Mass. — A nonprofit consultants' report says a Shakespearean theater in Massachusetts needs to raise $2.3 million to continue operations ...

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I'm for Khazei

Maxwell Kennedy | Posted 10.08.2009 | Politics

Read More: Alan Khazei Senate, Alan Khazei, Massachusetts, Massachusetts Senate Seat, Ted Kennedy Senate Seat, Ted Kennedy, Politics News
Maxwell Kennedy

I do not know whom Senator Kennedy would have liked to have his seat. But I know that no one will work harder to fight for the values that I grew up with than Alan Khazei.

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Logan Bomb Note: Plane Inspected At Boston's Logan International Airport After Threatening Note Found

The Boston Globe | September 30, 2009 04:16 PM | Posted 11.30.2009 | Home

Read More: Bomb, Logan Airport, Logan International Airport Terrorism, Boston, Bomb Note, Massachusetts, Boston Airport, American Airlines, Logan, Massport, Note, Home News

An American Airlines plane is being held at Logan International Airport this afternoon for inspection after a threatening note was found in the lavato...

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Americans Want To Save Energy; We're Going To Help Them Make It Happen

Brian Keane | Posted 11.30.2009 | Green

Read More: Saving Energy, Saving-Energy-Saving-Money, Massachusetts, Energy Costs, WMECO, South Beach Diet, Western Mass Saves, Smart Power, Green News
Brian Keane

We've created a website that allows me to plug in information about my home and lifestyle, along with my goal to "lose" $20 off my monthly utility bill, and then find out exactly how to make it happen.

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Tufts Sex Rule: Tufts University Formalizes "Sexile" Rule; No Dorm Sex When Roommate Present (VIDEO)

The Huffington Post | Posted 11.29.2009 | Style

Read More: Tufts Sex Rule, 2009 Fall Semester, Sex, Tufts University, Dorms, Sexile, Handbook, Residential Life, Tufts, On Campus, Massachusetts, College Sex, Style News

Tufts University has formalized what for many was probably an unspoken rule: no sex when a roommate is present. "Sexile," as the practice is commonl...

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Paul Kirk: Massachusetts GOP Seeks To Block Kennedy Interim Successor

AP | ANDREW MIGA | Posted 11.25.2009 | Politics

Read More: Massachusetts GOP, Congress, Senate, Boston Politics, Kennedy, Ted Kennedy Successor, Interim Appointments, Massachusetts, Paul Kirk, Ted Kennedy, Republicans, Politics News

WASHINGTON — Former Democratic Party chairman Paul G. Kirk Jr. stepped in Friday as the temporary replacement in the Senate for his longtime fri...

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Robert Byrd Should Resign From the Senate -- Today

Carol Felsenthal | Posted 11.23.2009 | Politics

Read More: Robert Byrd, Health Care, Ted Kennedy, Senate Replacement, West Virginia, Senate Democrats, Joe Manchin, Massachusetts, Politics News
Carol Felsenthal

What happens if health care comes up for a vote and Byrd is simply too sick to be wheeled in?

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Breaking the Gender-Merit Link

Nancy Hopkins | Posted 11.22.2009 | Politics

Read More: Obama Empathy, Boston Globe, Ted Kennedy Senate Seat, Empathy, Merit Pay, Sonia Sotomayor, Steve Kornacki, Hillary Clinton, Yvonne Abraham, Massachusetts, Meritocracy, Ted Kennedy, Martha Coakley, Politics News
Nancy Hopkins

When someone suggests gender diversity as an asset of a job candidate, the reply is often "Oh no, I'm only interested in merit." Yet name some other quality needed for the position, and the idea of merit is assumed, not questioned.

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Despite Decriminalization Law Attendees Get Ticketed At Boston Pro-Pot Rally

The Boston Globe | September 19, 2009 06:19 PM | Posted 11.19.2009 | Politics

Read More: Marijuana Decriminalization, Boston, Pro-Pot Rally, Marijuana, Police, Protest, Decriminalization, Massachusetts, Legalize Marijuana, Politics News

The new law decriminalizes possession of less than an ounce of marijuana. But that did not stop police from handing out handfuls of $100 tickets when ...

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Hypocrisy in Massachusetts

Sandy Maisel | Posted 11.19.2009 | Politics

Read More: Edward Kennedy, Obama's School Speech, Interim Appointments, Massachusetts, Rep. Joe Wilson, 2010 Congressional Electons, Deval Patrick, Politics News
Sandy Maisel

The argument over Kennedy's Massachusetts Senate seat has all of the maturity of a grade school playground fight -- "You did it to me, so I can do it right back!"

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Obama's Health Care Speech: Soaring Rhetoric, Scant Imagination

Marshall Auerback | Posted 11.10.2009 | Politics

Read More: Einstein, Pnhp, Speech on Health Care, Public Option, Barack Obama, Clinton, Clinton Health Care, Bill Clinton, Health Care Reform, John Edwards, Massachusetts, Health Care, National Health Programs, Politics News
Marshall Auerback

Obama's speech was even weaker than the spin preceding the joint address to Congress suggested.

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Black Episcopal Congregation Celebrates Lesbian Marriage

Irene Monroe | Posted 11.10.2009 | Politics

Read More: St. Bartholomew Episcopal Church, E. Denise Simmons Mattie Hayes Marriage, Episcopalians, Lesbian, E. Denise Simmons, Cambridge Massachusetts, Episcopal Church, Gays and Lesbians, Gay and Lesbian Rights, Massachusetts, Mattie Hayes, Gay Marriage, Gay Marriage Massachusetts, Politics News
Irene Monroe

On August 30, St. Bartholomew Episcopal Church in Cambridge hosted the marriage and blessed the union of its mayor, E. Denise Simmons, and her lifetime partner, Mattie Hayes.

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As Obama Pushes Change, GOP Bets on Restoration

John R. Bohrer | Posted 11.09.2009 | Politics

Read More: Change, Massachusetts, Health Care Reform, George W. Bush. Barack Obama, Andy Card, Massachusetts Senate Vacancy, Ted Kennedy, Politics News
John R. Bohrer

Republicans are so high on themselves that one thought nothing of screaming, "Lie!" at the President of the United States as he was, ironically, in the middle of dispelling their lies.

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This Jewish New Year, Let's Put An End to Hope

Bradley Burston | Posted 11.08.2009 | World

Read More: Israeli-Palestinian Conflict, Norman Rockwell, Civil Rights, Christ, Israel, Palestine, Iraq, Health Care, Barack Obama, Rosh Hashana, Jewish New Year, Massachusetts, New England, World News
Bradley Burston

A hundred years of fighting have proven, if nothing else, that hope for a future in which one side gets all that it wants, and the other goes without, is hope for no future at all.

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