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...Boston Globe editorial criticizes the Concord Coalition, an organization committed to having the federal budget deficit eliminated by the turn of the century, for being "an epic case of well-meaning people pursuing a perverse goal." From Mr. Kuttner's perspective, Paul Tsongas, a generally wild and crazy politician when it comes to economics, and Concord Coalition co-sponsor Warren Rudman, a former Senator without the least bit of experience trying to reduce deficits, are just ill-informed and sadly misguided politicians...
...Kuttner's view, not only is the Concord Coalition thus misguided; it is also unfair in its desire to make Social Security and Medicare benefits more need-based. Kuttner's profound vision of American social democracy would have entitlements flowing to everyone as a general rule, regardless of whether people actually need such public funding. Such thinking would deem it "just too bad" that the percentage of children below the poverty line has far surpassed the percentage of elderly living in poverty...
...Shops at Harvard Yard" is not just a marketing agency's half-assed attempt to make us feel upscale. It's meant to make us feel safe. To the dowager from Concord, "Harvard Square" says homeless people, punks in the Pit and the headache of finding parking. "Harvard Yard" says wide, green spaces, tranquility, and the unobstructed fulfillment of the fetishism of commodities. As one frequent patron of the Square put it, "Why not just put a glass dome over the whole thing and call it a fucking mall...
UNLV has often been accused of lacking cultured athletes but Easley is working hard to make sure his band of four gets the full Boston Experience, talking his team to visit Lexington and Concord...
...sophomore Joel Radtke, who finished two shots off the lead and tied for fourth place, the Crimson men overcame a downpour Sunday in Concord, N.H. and a Hanover home-course advantage yesterday at Dartmouth to finish a strong fifth out of a possible thirteen...