Walter Palmer's pleasure in life is apparently hunting and killing large animals, legally or illegally. In the last few days, millions of people around the world have come to know that the American "sportsman" has slain Zimbabwe national treasure Cecil, a magnificent 13-year-old black-maned lion, whom tourists came from far and wide to see. Palmer's guides illegally strapped …
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Boston Mayor Marty Walsh, who has long seemed in thrall to the Boston 2024 Olympic bid, said at a press conference this morning that he refuses "to mortgage the future of the city away." He added, "I will not sign a document that puts one penny of taxpayers' money on the line for Olympics cost …
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A serious debate over the bid to bring the 2024 Olympics to Boston was a good idea. What took place Thursday night wasn't. Promising a no-rules, informal format, the two moderators (the Boston Globe's Sasha Pfeiffer and Fox 25's Maria Stephanos) let the Boston 2024 supporters run roughshod over the opponents and the moderators themselves. Five …
Former Massachusetts House Speaker Sal DiMasi used his office to enrich himself to the tune of $65,000, securing a state contract for Cognos, which paid him on a monthly basis for his efforts. The third House Speaker in a row to be found guilty of crimes related to office, DiMasi was convicted on seven out of nine corruption …
When John F. Kennedy was asked how he became a hero in World War II, he said, "It was involuntary. They sank my boat." But it wasn't the Japanese sinking of PT 109 that made JFK a hero; it was what he did to save his men after the sinking. The inimitable GOP buffoon candidate Donald Trump said …
Jeb Bush put his foot in it last week when explaining his aspirations for improving the economy. His assertion that "people need to work longer hours" continues to prompt outrage. Even looking at it in context doesn't help much - “My aspiration for the country and I believe we can achieve it, is 4 percent growth …
The July Fourth holiday heightens an appreciation of the remarkable events of last week, events that validate our forebears' notion "that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights, that among these are Life, Liberty and the pursuit of Happiness." Who could have imagined that in a …
Thirty-six hours after Dylann Storm Roof slaughtered their loved ones in a Charleston, S.C AME Church, family members of the victims grieved their loss but urged the mass murderer be treated with grace, dignity and forgiveness. Like Nadine Collier, who lost her mother, they echoed her despair but also her goodness. “I will never talk to …
Take a yellow legal pad. Draw a line down the middle. Put Hillary Clinton's pluses on one side and minuses on the other. The symmetry is disturbing. Let's start with the good stuff. I confess to a sense of pride that a fellow alumna of Wellesley College could become the nation's first woman President (as …
President Obama's proposed trade deal, the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP), has me in a quandary. I've long held that free trade benefits everyone in the long run. It's what happens in the short run that can be daunting. Reduce or eliminate barriers to other nations' products and we get the benefit of lower prices and greater selection …
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Marjorie Arons-Barron 