A confession: I secretly take credit for Small Business Saturday. I’ve been dedicated to getting as many holiday gifts as I can at locally owned shops for more than 20 years. I used to make it my own special day: Head out to those cool little shops were you can not only find something special
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Editorial: When the ‘best’ students don’t read books
Philosopher George Santayana famously said, “Those who cannot remember the past are condemned to repeat it.” That warning sounds more ominous once you realize how many college students can’t understand a history book. In a recent story for The Atlantic, Rose Horowitch addressed the decline in the ability of college students at elite institutions to
Scimeca: Faulty science claims prolonged talc lawsuit
For 15 years and counting, the Johnson & Johnson talc litigation saga continues to play out in our nation’s court system, adding another exhibit to the unfortunate truism that the wheels of justice turn slowly. This mass tort case, concerning allegations that the company’s baby powder products cause ovarian cancer, has recently been moved to Texas in the hope
Bruins notebook: Jeremy Swayman, Linus Ullmark to face off as opponents
The Bruins may not have reached their goal of a Stanley Cup when they had the best goaltending tandem in the NHL, but they won a lot of hockey games in those two years. And each of those wins was punctuated by a demonstrative hug between Linus Ullmark and Jeremy Swayman, the starter drenched in