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Singing in the shower at Amherst led to bigger things
March 29, 2016The acoustics in the communal shower of Stearns Dormitory on the Amherst College campus were superb, like singing in the chapel of an Italian monastery.
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Setting the record straight about socialism
March 29, 2016In every age, scientific reasoning takes a beating from entrenched prejudices, fears, and hatreds.
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Obama’s back from Havana; struggle against Cuba blockade continues
March 28, 2016Why continue supporting a policy overwhelmingly rejected by the U.S. population while the rest of the world watches in amazement?
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Henry David Thoreau: Bright glows the pond
March 24, 2016Like all giants of the past, Henry David Thoreau writes in a different period of time but speaks to us today.
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Trump and the Republican elite: Two sides of a single coin
March 22, 2016Trump's toxic stew - demagogic, divisive, brutish, misanthropic, incendiary and violent - struck a nerve among a section of the electorate and frightened others.
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