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Archive for February 20th, 2008

‘Change’ is our birthright

Posted in Ken Johnson, Presidential race on Feb 20th, 2008 Comments

Sen. Barack Obama wants to shake up this tired, old country. He promises us “the change we’ve been waiting for.” His motto: “Yes, we can.”
Is Obama offering us anything new? Or has “change” — on both a personal and national scale — been part of America’s make-up since its founding?
Reading the candidate’s biography on his [...]

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What’s in a name - or not in a name?

Posted in Massachusetts politics, Municipal meltdown, State issues, Taylor Armerding on Feb 20th, 2008 Comments

George Orwell may be gone, but his prophetic vision lives on, in our continued quest to name things in ways that will obscure their real intent. You know, if you want to let union advocates intimidate workers by forcing them to “vote” for or against a union in front of them, instead of the privacy [...]

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