The Gettysburg Address by Abraham Lincoln “Fourscore and seven years ago our fathers brought forth on this continent a new nation, conceived in liberty and dedicated to the proposition that all men are created equal. Now we are engaged in a great c...

Last night I started sleeping with a personal sleep coach to better understand how I sleep. My wife is ok with it though since the coach is a Zeo which is made up of a headband and a bedside display.You wear the headband when you go to sleep and the Zeo ...

Frank Dell’Apa says that despite the margin of victory for the Celtics last night (109-95) the Celtics never appeared completely certain of themselves. Robert Lee has the road-weary Warriors, who only dressed eight players, worn out in the end. Mark ...

Should the University of Massachusetts Amherst provide a forum for a "terrorist" to speak? My answer, and the answer of many other faculty, was yes. The talk was scheduled, canceled, and (by my initiative and that of other faculty and graduate students) r...

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A number of critics, including Sarah Palin herself, are going after Newsweek for running a cover shot of her in a sexy running outfit. Palin calls it “sexist.” I can’t get too worked up about it. Palin, after all, posed for the shot, whi...

This probably breaks several laws, but I think it would be passiveaggressively awesome to install a horn or similar device in my car that I could press and have it make a car-screeching-to-a-halt sound when I brake for jaywalkers, people who cut me off...

Minor quibble with OL: The legislature hasn’t been the problem ‘for the last 20 years.’ It’s been the problem for the last half century, after it became a single-party club that resists any and all substantive changes. Major agreement with OL: Rep...

Minor quibble with OL: The legislature hasn’t been the problem ‘for the last 20 years.’ It’s been the problem for the last half century, after it became a single-party club that resists any and all substantive changes. Major agreement with OL: Rep...

The property tax revaluation assessments are out. To my surprise, my little condo has an assessed value higher this year than last year. Is this a sign that the economy/housing market is improving or did the city change its formula... ...

The property tax revaluation assessments are out. To my surprise, my little condo has an assessed value higher this year than last year. Is this a sign that the economy/housing market is improving or did the city change its formula for assessing property ...

I don’t agree with everything in George Will’s column on health-care reform. Example: distinguishing between government coercion to buy auto insurance and health insurance. Hmmm. Isn’t this the same government that reserves the right to draft able-b...

More photos » by Charles Krupa - AP about 1 month ago: Boston Red Sox left fielder Jason Bay spe...

Terry Francona Hopes Red Sox Re-Sign Jason Bay - NESN.com Of course. He's a player's manager, and he wants to support the guy who he thinks will be signed, right? I mean, he's one of those guys that believes heart and sportsmanship wins games... Coaches ...

There wasn't some of the blatant stupidity that has marked some legislative sessions -- like the infamous 2000 House "Toga" party.But the simmering animus between lawmakers and Gov. Deval Patrick boiled to the surface to close the first year of a two-year...

Good things don't happen overnight and Red Sox baseball fans will have to wait to learn the final destination of last year's left fielder, Jason Bay. It's the nature of the game and the Red Sox manager, Terry "Tito" Francona, had this to say on that..."Yo...

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It’s been quite some time since I have done late night links. Usually, I reserve late night for posting the press releases, but since I still don’t have a TV and there was a minimal amount of sports that I wanted to see, I was quite productive...