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Cambridge voters head to the polls today to select the newest roster of local government officials, but if trends continue, fewer than a third of the city’s registered voters will cast a ballot...
...Therefore, it was perhaps with a sense of added importance that the votes were cast this spring. And when they were counted, something strange happened. There...
...jury may decide that it helps them decide or cast doubt on the Commonwealth’s case against the defendant but the jury might decide that these are separate incidents and have nothing to do with it,” he said, referring to Colono and Rodriguez’s prior crimes...
...paragons select an investment bank to impugn—a target fit for the coward or the sycophant too fearful or too flattering not to pander to popular prejudices. Despite the competitive investment-bank recruiting process and their selective hiring, it is de rigueur for Harvard opinion-makers to cast aspersions at them. As they submit their résumés in droves, Harvard students only sheepishly admit their interest in finance, repeatedly avow not to “sell out,” and abjure any attraction to filthy lucre. Surely, earning a pay check, in whichever...
Facebook isn’t the best measure of serious political sentiment in the country—probably not many of Colbert’s 1.4 million Facebook backers intend to cast a vote for Steven come primary day. But the unprecedented level of support for him speaks volumes about the popular perception of presidential politics. Colbert is a satirist who mocks the system—his entire character is a self-parodying illusion. The fact that a “fake” candidacy can generate so much more enthusiasm than any of the various “real?...