Rosenberg’s partner makes mess for incoming Senate president

It's not the same story as Steve "Hot Buns" Gobie  undermining the reputation of Congressman Barney Frank. That 1985 scandal involved Gobie's illegal prostitution activity based in Frank's apartment, of which the Congressman was ignorant.  But it was also a liaison just before the politician's coming out and it also called into question the public figure's judgment. The …

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Keep the buffer zone

WBUR cognoscenti contributor Joanne Barker got it right: Eleanor McCullen, anti-abortion plaintiff in the Supreme Court case challenging the 35-foot buffer zone around clinics offering abortions, isn't typical of the individuals trying to deter patients from entering such facilities.  Claiming the buffer zone is an abridgement of her First Amendment freedoms, McCullen says sweetly she …

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