Inexplicable No-Note Suicide At Newton High School
Roee Grutman, 17, played outside the day before he died.A Newton boy left this life without a note or clueCity mobilizes after heart-rending suicidesBy Kathleen Burge | GLOBE STAFF MARCH 02, 2014On...
View Article2014 Oscars: First Latino "Best Director" And First Black Director Wins "Best...
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View ArticleThe Zeitgeist And The Role Of Memes
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View ArticleDavid Brooks: "Putin Can't Stop"
MARCH 3, 2014David BrooksEven cynics like to feel moral. Even hard-eyed men who play power politics need to feel that their efforts are part of a great historic mission. So as he has been throwing his...
View ArticleGet Your Hip Replaced... Or, Live In Spain For 2 Years AND Get Your Hip Replaced
***Why Is American Health Care So Ridiculously Expensive? - Derek ...www.theatlantic.com/...american-health-care-so...ex...The Atlanticby Derek Thompson.Why U.S. Health Care Is Obscenely Expensive, In...
View ArticleBorowitz Report: Putin Has 90 Minute Conversation With Himself. Feels Validated
MOSCOW (The Borowitz Report) — Russian President Vladimir Putin received “strong, unqualified words of support” last night in a ninety-minute conversation with himself, Mr. Putin confirmed today.The...
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The adulation of macho men by witless women is a tran-millennial tragedy.***Palin: Obama wears ‘mom jeans’ while Putin wrestles bears and drills for oilConservative columnist: Obama using gay NFL...
View ArticleBill Maher: The 85 Richest People Own More Than The Bottom Half Of Humankind
Alan: Many Americans are adamant that "job creators" deserve every penny they can extract because 1.) they "earned" it, and 2.) the more money that accrues to the already rich, the more "jobs" the...
View ArticleJon Stewart And Stephen Colbert Debunk Obamacare Horror Stories
Stephen Colbert debunks Obamacare horror stories with special guestJon Stewart:...
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Pat Robertson on marrying first cousins: ‘Go for it,’ but don’t have ‘mongoloid’ kidsRep. Paul Ryan misused data to show poverty programs don’t work, say economists he citedConservative columnist:...
View ArticleThree Early Signs Of What Obamacare Means For Consumers
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View ArticleKentucky's AG Influenced By Pope Francis In Refusing To Defend Gay Marriage Ban
"Jack Conway Defiant On Rand Paul-Christianity Ad"NPRhttp://www.npr.org/blogs/itsallpolitics/2010/10/19/130672309/jack-conway-defiant-on-rand-paul-christianity-ad***Kentucky’s Attorney General Explains...
View ArticleRobert Gates Tells GOP To Cool Red Hot Rhetoric
Alan: The future of Ukraine is with Europe. When Russia wakes up, it will acknowledge that the entire land mass west of the Urals properly belongs with Europe. Long-standing resistance to this...
View ArticleBorowitz Report: Ukraine Situation Upended By Sudden Appearance Of John Travolta
KIEV (The Borowitz Report)—A surprise appearance by the actor John Travolta today in Kiev’s Independence Square has further confused the situation in Ukraine, witnesses on the ground report.According...
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Apple CEO Tim Cook tells right-wingers to shove their money where the sun don't shinePaul Ryan generates report to disprove effectiveness of progressive poverty programs and FAILS!MUST-SEE: Jon Stewart...
View ArticleObama Budget Includes GOP Favorite - Working Poor Tax Credits. The GOP's...
"Your move, Republicans. That was essentially President Barack Obama's message today with his proposal to expand the earned income tax credit, a wage supplement for low-income workers. Conservative...
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