The Cape Cod Times (Mass.), April 16: In 1883, American poet Emma Lazarus penned a poem that would eventually find itself as synonymous with open arms as the statue at whose base it stands. “The New Colossus” used words to define the United States as a nation open to new people in the same way […]
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Time for Bernie to back off
After decisive victories by Donald Trump and Hillary Clinton in the New York primaries, Democratic leaders need to send a strong, stern message to Bernie Sanders: Back off. Stop attacking Hillary. If you want to stay in the race to propound your policy ideas, fine. But don’t keep undercutting the one candidate who can save […]
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Casual Monday, Wednesday, Thursday and Friday
It used to be that you couldn’t get anyone who worked in an office in the city on the phone on Friday afternoons. All the bigwigs leave town early to go to their weekend homes. Between Memorial Day and Labor Day, the movers and shakers were all working four-and-a-half-day weeks. In corporate America, there was […]
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Fox News giving Trump free advertising
When I was younger, I liked to watch wrestling. Chief Jay Strong Bull was my favorite wrestler. When he got upset, he would go in the middle of the ring and do his Indian war dance. He would throw his opponent all around the ring. When I got to be older, I realized it was […]
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Editorial Roundup
The Concord Monitor (N.H.), April 14: On Tuesday, “Granite Geek” columnist David Brooks wrote about the rather shocking artificial intelligence of Google’s AlphaGo, which managed to master a complex Asian board game known as Go. Even the best player in the world, Lee Sedol of South Korea, was no match for the “deep learning” program. […]
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For Donald Trump, two outrage-free weeks
Have you noticed something different about the Trump campaign? It’s been more than two weeks since the last really outrageous thing the Republican front-runner has said or done. In the old days – say, a month ago – Trump would have set off multiple hair-burning controversies in the same period. But now – nothing. It’s […]