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Readers throw cloak over bid to make daylight saving time year-round
Permanent daylight saving time has been adopted in the United States before and failed. Massachusetts can lead the push for ending clock change the best way with permanent standard time.
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Nursing home woes are a grim window into who we are, what we value
As a community psychiatrist, I have been in many, and years ago I had a chance to study some. A few facts stand out: The work is very stressful and the pay very, very low.
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Sure, they ask tough queries on Boston school panel, but votes go the mayor’s way
Boston students need more than good questions from the School Committee. They need pointed questions that result in actual votes on policies and programs that improve the quality of their education.
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There are effective ways to curb rats without killing their predators
The loss of raptors only works to the rats’ advantage, since they reproduce much faster than their predators.
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Actor Sizemore’s death ought to raise brain aneurysm awareness
The symptoms can feel like the worst headache of your life, yet the condition is often misdiagnosed as stress or another relatively benign cause.
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Group is focused on clearing the air on quality of cannabis
The Institute of Cannabis Science was founded last year to combat fraud, collect and share accurate data about cannabis, and perform consumer-focused research. Everybody deserves honest data about weed.
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A ‘national divorce’? Is there no middle ground, or common ground?
Our current problem is not disagreement — that’s what all politics is about — but rather the dysfunctions of our political institutions.
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If texts, e-mails are exempt, then you can 😘 public records good-bye
OK, trade the budget vote for the substation, but stand up and defend your decision.