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First and foremost, Dorothea Dix considered herself a teacher. Born in Maine, she moved to Boston, and while still in her teens, she opened a school for young children. Settling in Worcester, she became a devout Unitarian and wrote books for young readers. These days,...Imperium Watch: Mortar Fire or Mortarboard?
It was more than a bit of a surprise when presidential candidate Sen. John McCain, who went to bat against torture in American military prisons, came out against new education benefits for soldiers. The bill mandating the benefits, which passed the Senate in spite of...
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John Clapp and his wife Dee (Diana) Boyle-Clapp live in Florence on the Clapp family farmstead, where five generations of John's ancestors lived before him. The dairy cows that were his family's livelihood in times past are now gone, but many things...The World This Week: So Goes New England
In one of the first columns that ran in this space ("Puritan, My Ass," Jan. 3, 2002), I wrote, "Without New England, this nation would be up the creek without a paddle. If you took away the moderating influence of the Connecticut, Massachusetts, Rhode...E-Edition
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