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Category: American Society
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Nancy Gift and her husband decide it’s time to take the plunge again… into raising poultry.
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The author of Write These Laws on Your Children explains the connection between homeschooling and delay in the US ratification of a UN treaty to protect children.
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A tribute to Senator Kennedy from an author who got to know him through thirty-year-old transcripts.
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Church in the parking lot of a public beach? It’s a summertime Holy Hullabaloo.
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The author of Beyond (Straight and Gay) Marriage looks at recent advances in family law that can help all gay and lesbian parents.
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Frederick S. Lane looks at the Constitutional issues posed by the group of politicians at 133 C Street, otherwise known as “The Family.”
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What does a Supreme Court Case about animal cruelty have to do with booksellers? Chris Finan explains the free speech issues at stake in U.S. v. Stevens.
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We invite Da Capo press author and Boston Globe reporter Brian MacQuarrie to talk about his new book, The Ride.
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Lillian Rubin looks at last week’s hearings and finds Sotomayor’s performance lacking.
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Yesterday marked the fiftieth anniversary of the day the Boston Red Sox became an integrated team, when Pumpsie Green was sent in as a pinch runner. Howard Bryant, author of Shut Out: A Story of Race and Baseball in Boston, writes about the anniversary at ESPN, noting that not only did the team pass on…
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