Name: Harry Forbes
Weblog: squaringtheglobe.blogspot.com
Articles: 95
First Published: Thursday, July 8, 2004
Last Published: Friday, March 23, 2007
Currently listing articles 95-51:
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Video Killed the Speech Police— Just 5 years after the bill became law, the assumptions underlying McCain Feingold have become laughable.
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Satire: Revival Sweeping Boston Globe Newsroom, Some Say— Suddenly the Boston Globe is happy when the Massachusetts governor hob-nobs with his clergymen. Has the Globe newroom found religion?
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Delayed AND Denied— Today the Massachusetts legislature will defy the State's Supreme Court to protect an ealier ruling by the same Court.
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Fading Democracy in Russia? Look Closer to Home!— The Boston Globe speaks against the loss of democracy in Russia, but is silent when their own Constitution is mugged.
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Romney's Lawn? Who Toils to Deliver the Boston Globe?— Last week the Boston Globe hacked Mitt Romney because illegals have cut his lawn. Guess who delivers the Boston Globe?
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Defiling the Constitution of Massachusetts— The Massachusetts legislature ignores the state constitution by deciding not to vote on an initiative petition to ban same-sex marriage.
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The Boston Globe Feels the Pinch— The Boston Globe covers itself (poorly) in takeover discussions. Meanwhile Globe reporters enlist politicians to petition the current owner.
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In the Belly of the Whale: A Conservative Blogger Visits the Boston Globe— A conservative blogger reports on a tour he took of the Boston Globe at the invitation of the paper's Ombudsman.
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The Horrid Nasty Right— In the Boston Globe this weekend Robert Kuttner blames the right for the left's weaknesses.
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The 'Swift Boat Hush'— A new term for news stories that temporarily draw stony silence from the mainstream media.
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School Colors— Academics in the US and France have exactly opposite prescriptions for achieving diversity within their own countries. Why?
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The Boston Globe Op Ed Page: Chronically Weak
— The Boston Globe may be published in the Athens of America, but its Op Ed page is chronically weak.
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Losing Our Soul— Two articles in Sunday's Boston Globe show a common root between current issues in public health and higher education.
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Teddy Too?— Patrick Kennedy is not the only member of his family having problems with his memory.
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NFL Cheerleader Trials: Bring It On!— If the NFL draft can become a reality TV spectacle, then why can't NFL cheerleader trials do the same?
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Born Again to Sensitivity— The Boston Globe editors are suddenly overcome with sensitivity towards religious believers.
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Let Congress Vote on 'Domestic Spying'!— Democrats are upset because calls from overseas are intercepted. Republicans should bring the issue to a vote in Congress.
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The Moral Obligation of the Commonwealth— The Massachusetts House is now considering a bill that would provide a pension for one particular married couple — that includes one former House member.
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Government-Certified Racial Purity— Three different stories in Monday's Boston Globe all point to perils of law based on race.
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Greater Arrogance No Man Hath...— The Boston Globe bashes the archbishop for following the pastoral advice of fellow bishops. So who is moving us toward theocracy?
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A Simplification Worthy of a Simpleton— Anna Quindlen whines in Newsweek that Roe v. Wade didn't "take politics out of abortion." Right.
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A Sad Example of Self-Hatred— James Carroll writes a startling column showing the mind of the Christian pacifist left.
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Phenomenal And Chronic Hypocrisy— Once again Massachusetts politicians promise us good things...through gaming.
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Requirements Tighten for "Gay" Membership— A barrier to entry is formed by new definition
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A Triumph for Scientific Freedom— This year's Nobel Prize in Medicine rewards a scientific triumph that overturned medical conventional wisdom.
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Why Does Public Service Mean Poor Service?— Boston's MBTA and rails are no delight. Why is that always so?
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Safe, Legal, and Rare— Boston Sunday Globe stories on Constitution Day, relations with Israel, and the abortion rights lobby.
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Oliphant Comes Out With It— A Boston Globe columnist equates conservatism and racism. How thoughtful.
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Parsing Derrick Jackson
— The left's fear of losing its hold on the 3rd branch of government shows in today's Boston Globe.
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Which party protects “the little people” today?— The Kelo Supreme Court decision leaves the liberal editors of the Boston Globe suddenly quiet
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John Kerry: Mis-overestimated?
— The Boston Globe puts the story of John Kerry's undergraduate grades on its front page
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French Voters Sound Like Johnny Paycheck— The Boston Globe's analysis of the French rejection is a complete muddle. Have they ever heard of "democracy"?
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Peace in our time— The Catholic church doesn't own its parishes, John Kerry DOES file his SF 180, and peace in the US Senate.
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Welcome to Boston— Boston has spent hundreds of millions of taxpayer dollars on a new convention center...but try to get a cab there!
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Not your father's Irish Pub— Bars in South Boston are changing from forbidding fortresses to cozy glass-fronted hangouts. A bad thing, say some natives.
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Look Who is Sorry Now— The Boston Globe loses its stomach for the Lottery, pleading that its commercials be honest. Let's discuss it honestly, then.
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Words to ponder on this day— Today I will keep these ancient words on my mind
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Spinning Terri Schiavo before she's in her grave— The BBC and Robert Reich stretch to imagine Bush's intervention backfiring on Republicans
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Summers visit brings down the curtain on Harvard theatrical group— After a shocking 157 year history of discrimination against women
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Sounding more thuggish by the day— The IRA's (make that Sinn Fein's) Martin McGuinness threatens like a thug and James Carroll whines in today's Boston Globe
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From the middle east to Belfast
— President Bush will honor 5 courageous women who have stood up for the rule of law in Northern Ireland.
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Recycled Excrement— The Boston Globe and LA Times provide an uncritical media outlet for the brutal totalitarian regime of Kim Jong Il.
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An Imposter
(Re: Easongate – with apologies to Robert Frost)— A poetic look at Easongate
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Harvard president storms out of emergency meeting— Summers nearly faints when his staff asserts that women may have less "innate ability" to operate snowblowers
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Getting Winston's Legacy Wrong— A Boston Globe writer says Bush is "seriously misreading" Churchill's legacy...but can't seem to get his facts straight.
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