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On this day – November 15, 1969, a quarter of a million protesters staged a peaceful demonstration in Washington, D.C. – against the Vietnam War. The Moratorium to End the War in Vietnam was a large demonstration against the United States involvement in the Vietnam War – it took place across the United…
Read More »boston.com this morning has a report on the new president of Phillips Academy in Andover. John G. Palfrey Jr. was named 15th head of school, the board of trustees said in a statement. Palfrey is currently a professor and vice dean for library and information resources at Harvard Law. ……
Read More »Paul Krugman’s recent column on the successful approach to health care practiced by the Veterans Health Administration (V.H.A.) and candidate Mitt Romney’s “vouchers for veterans” proposal is worth a read. Calling the GOP “thing about vouchers” strictly about ideology… so “successful programs like veterans’ health, Social Security and Medicare are…
Read More »The entry below is being cross posted from Marjorie Arons-Barron’s own blog. The unidentified “they” have often said that Boston’s three favorite pastimes are sports, politics and revenge – and not necessarily in that order. Thursday night’s MassInc’s 15-year anniversary celebration at the Kennedy Library brought together media and pols…
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