As I get older, it has become my general custom as each July 4th rolls around to spend some time reflecting on the nature of patriotism in America. Sometimes my reverie on the topic is rather technical and academic, but more typically it is commonsensical.
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3 Jul 2009 - 11:01am
BOSTON/Jamaica Plain - On Tuesday June 30 from 7-9 pm, the Axiom Gallery in Jamaica Plain was practically overflowing with curious, creative “dorks” of the Boston community.
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2 Jul 2009 - 6:14pm
BOSTON/State House - Mayor Thomas Menino joined other state officials Tuesday to voice support for CORI reform at a press conference held by Commonwealth CORI Coalition (CCC), a statewide coalition of more than 60 community organizations, labor unions and faith-based groups.
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26 Jun 2009 - 11:44pm
Cambridge, MA - Over 100 unionized Harvard University workers, students and supporters held a campus rally on Thursday in protest of the mass layoff of 275 employees earlier this week - representing 2 percent of Harvard's 16,000-person workforce.
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26 Jun 2009 - 11:30pm
Well, the outcome predicted by progressive critics since the Massachusetts Chapter 58 health care "reform" plan was passed into law in 2006 is now getting closer and closer to becoming reality as the board of the Commonwealth Health Insurance Connector
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26 Jun 2009 - 11:07pm
For the past decade, the United Teen Equality Center (UTEC) of Lowell has been changing – and sometimes even saving – the lives of the city’s youth, and they want you to know about it.
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24 Jun 2009 - 11:32am
BOSTON - The FY10 state budget unveiled last night by House and Senate budget leaders undercuts the pledge to give all Massachusetts residents access to affordable health care. The budget eliminates coverage for 28,000 lawfully-residing, working, and taxpaying residents of the Commonwealth.
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24 Jun 2009 - 11:23am
Somerville, MA - Saying that Americans already are paying more in taxes (and private insurance premiums) for medical care than any other country in the world but having worse “health outcomes” than citizens of other western industrialized nations, Dr.
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20 Jun 2009 - 7:55pm
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19 Jun 2009 - 11:56pm
As is our custom at Open Media Boston when events occur on the global stage that have a direct impact on our fair metropolis, it seems important to signal our strong support for the popular democratic uprising sweeping Iran since the contested re-election of President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad.
