Mark Edward Manning grew up in Boston, MA and now lives in London, England. He wrote commentaries for The Boston Herald in the mid 1990s.
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Paying For the Fat of the Land
The debate over whether the world's fattest man should be helped further is a matter of common sense.
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Getting in Obama's Way: Might That Not Be A Good Thing?
Van Jones has just proven that the Obama administration doesn't really want a Green world. They want a surreal one.
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An American Health Care Skeptic Defends the NHS
Although the NHS might not be the role model Americans are looking for, the government-run British health-care system is not evil.
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Kennedy's Been Hitting the Bottle, But What's Kerry's Excuse?
Scotland's release of al-Megrahi from prison is a mistake and an outrage. But do Sens. Kennedy and Kerry really feel our pain?
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Fashion Freedom Flows in Only One Direction
When a theme park banned briefs for men while making no such demand on females, they furthered society's prejudice against the male form.
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One Dead, Many Spared?
A question for the pro-life zealots: How does committing murder make you holier than a late-term abortionist?
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Meet Fire With Fire Indeed
Exactly whom is impressed by the lenient human rights attitude we show our enemies?
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Death of a Newspaper Salesman: A Case of Anti-Police Sentiment Gone Too Far
Why exactly does society love violent, criminal protesters more than the police who try to rein them in?
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It Does Not Take A Community
We would all have to be skilled in child care — taking care of others' children — if some people had their way.
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In Praise of Obama's "Inconsistency"
If Obama's being inconsistent with his boycott of the U.N. Conference on Racism, then it's inconsistency we can be happy with.
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