The Case For Not Mutilating Your Child

Since 2007 there have been many discussions around a set of medical procedures that, when combined, are called “Growth Attenuation” (GA) or the “Ashley Treatment” after the first patient known to have received the “treatment.” The procedures are done on…

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A Brookline lorem ipsum expert

Let me share exactly what lorem ipsum is. Lorem ipsum is a pseudo-Latin text used in web design, typography, layout, and printing in place of English to emphasise design elements over content. It’s also called placeholder (or filler) text. It’s a…

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Next Level Publishing

My kinda people, my kinda place. There's something special about this place. Got no reason to stray too far, 'cause it's all right here in my own backyard! This is a Burger King town, it's made just for me! This…

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Mayoral candidate Obama on Brookline

I know Brookline. Go into any inner city neighborhood, and folks will tell you that government alone can’t teach our kids to learn – they know that parents have to teach, that children can’t achieve unless we raise their expectations…

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Overheard at Town Hall

Critical mass game plan. Due diligence I need to pee and then go to another meeting the horse is out of the barn or churning anomalies, so note for the previous submit: the devil should be on the left shoulder and what about scaling components to a…

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Poetry and Prose: A Perfect Union

The Poet’s House by Jean Thompson is a charming coming of age story about Carla, who in her twenties, has not found a comfortable nor assured fit with her life. In the space of one summer, Carla is embraced by the famous poet, Viridian and her poet friends; and a new world of experience…

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Young Frankenstein

For most of us cinephiles, we remember the first time we saw a movie, whether it be in the theater, or at home. If the film shakes you, positively or negatively, there’s a residue left that seeps into your memory and makes it challenging to let go. Well, I don’t want to- so I’m…

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A real look at fake book reviews

In the overly competitive and oversaturated world of self-publishing, getting someone to take a glance at a product is a challenge in and of itself. Whether it be music, movies, or books, a content creator may be considered lucky if even one person stops to preview their work, let alone read a review that…

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Brookline NEEDS local news NOW

Walter Cronkite died for your sins #twittermakesyoustupid open source natural-born blogger Gannett advertising put the paper to bed Pulse WSJ mathewi 5 praise erasers & how to avoid them, he said she said incent do what you do best and link to the rest morgue he said she said John Dewey Colbert bump Bill…

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Brookline’s JFK on the Town’s space force

There is no strife, no prejudice, no national conflict in outer space as yet. Its hazards are hostile to us all. Its conquest deserves the best of all mankind, and its opportunity for peaceful cooperation many never come again. But why, some say, the moon? Why choose this as our goal? And they may…

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From the desk of BHS astrophysics teacher Mr. Sagan

Star stuff harvesting star light explorations from which we spring cosmic ocean as a patch of light permanence of the stars. A still more glorious dawn awaits extraordinary claims require extraordinary evidence corpus callosum extraordinary claims require extraordinary evidence white dwarf quis nostrum exercitationem ullam corporis suscipit laboriosam. Rings of Uranus the carbon in…

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