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Artist must consult community before imposing her own designs
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Brown lacked empathy for strip search victims
“I wonder how Scott Brown would have felt if someone dismissed his claims of abuse in the same manner as he dismissed those of Lisa Allen.”
— Paula Caravella |
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Many states, including Massachusetts, need to take a fuller account of the promises they've made to public-employee unions. But Scott Walker's bill to constrain public-employee unions looks less like good management than a political vendetta -- and is likely to hinder a more thoughtful discussion of employee contracts in statehouses from coast to coast. (Boston Globe)
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- AFTER BROWN’S REVELATIONS, QUESTIONS ABOUT PERRY BACKING Brown lacked empathy for strip search victims
- AFTER BROWN’S REVELATIONS, QUESTIONS ABOUT PERRY BACKING Mass. GOP erred in supporting Perry
- AFTER BROWN’S REVELATIONS, QUESTIONS ABOUT PERRY BACKING Putting aside politics to support women would have shown compassion
- AFTER BROWN’S REVELATIONS, QUESTIONS ABOUT PERRY BACKING Senator should help police find abuser
- Artist must consult community before imposing her own designs
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- BIG SALARIES FOR PUBLIC OFFICIALS Healy’s service worth the fat paycheck
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