Boston Herald The Donald clueless on diagnosing Obamacare Rx Though candidate debates are frequently dismissed as lacking in substance, the most recent Republican debate — and, in particular, the now-famous exchange between Donald Trump and U.S. Sen. Marco Rubio about the content of Trump’s health care plan — really did help reveal something important. The reason Trump was reduced to repeating his determination to […]
CBS Boston On the issues: Terrorism and Trump’s Muslim ban But to Professor Max Abrahms of Northeastern University, a terrorism expert and an active member of the Council on Foreign Relations, that sort of Muslim-bashing “is the surest way, ironically, to radicalize them. I’m very worried that Trump’s rhetoric which is, in a sense, anti-Muslim, will be counter-productive by basically radicalizing our Muslim allies at […]
CNBC Protect your privacy online—and see better prices doing it But even controlling for price changes for issues like demand or technical delays, some retailers still display different prices from person to person, said Christo Wilson, an assistant professor at Northeastern University in the College of Computer and Information Science. While some of the pricing changes are immaterial, Wilson said that the personal data the […]
The 13 worst things to do with your tax refund Using a tax refund check to pay off debt is the most popular way to spend a tax refund, as 27% of respondents plan to do so, according to the GOBankingRates survey. “The goal in spending a tax refund should be long-term financial security,” said Tim Gagnon, a professor of accounting at Northeastern University’s D’Amore-McKim […]
PC Magazine How augmented reality could help you design your next house So how did Masson go from working on Star Wars movies and South Parkanimation to creating virtual tools for architects? “I’ve changed industries a number of times. When things get too easy or problems are solved, I don’t want to be doing the same thing over and over again, so I try something new. I […]
No superpredator apology necessary from Clinton: James Alan Fox Black Lives Matter activist Ashley Williams crashed a private campaign fundraiser in Charleston, S.C., last week, demanding that Hillary Clinton answer for using the term “superpredators” in a 1996 speech. She blamed Clinton for demonizing black youth and for helping to push a racist policy agenda of mass incarceration. But nothing in Clinton’s remark was […]
Here are the must-follow Twitter handles for Super Tuesday in Mass. If you haven’t heard – and I don’t know how that could be – tomorrow is Super Tuesday. Presidential candidates will see how they stack up with primary elections going down in 11 states – Massachusetts being one of them. Rather than camping out in front of CNN or Fox all day, there’s a better […]
The Christian Science Monitor Q&A: Can prayer bring peace to the world’s worst conflicts? Gbowee was at Northeastern University’s inaugural New England Interfaith Student Summit earlier this month. She spoke to The Monitor about the role of women and prayer in bringing peace to violent conflicts. The interview has been edited for length.
Politico How dynasties sank the GOP and the Democrats The story was even more stark when you look at Bush’s impact on super PACs. “There’s a limited amount of resources out there,” Stevens says, “and a vast amount of it went to Right to Rise.” Indeed: Right to Rise had raised a staggering $100 million by the time Bush officially entered the race in […]
The Hill Puerto Rican crisis roils 2016 race Even more significantly, a huge chunk of the Puerto Ricans that fled the island resettled in Florida, presenting a new voting bloc in that critical swing state.“Over half are going to one state, and that’s Florida. This will have an impact on the primaries and subsequent November elections,” said Amilcar Antonio Barreto, an associate professor […]
New York Post Can the FBI catch future serial killers using this test? Along with its annual count of homicides, rapes, robberies and aggravated assaults, the FBI last month added a new category it will track — animal cruelty. For years, criminologists have recognized a link between animal abuse and human violence. There seems to be a “graduation effect,” where troubled youngsters rehearse by torturing the family pet […]
ABC News The real ‘Spotlight’: meet team that inspired the Oscar-nominated film Walter “Robby” Robinson Walter has worked at The Globe for more than three decades and is a Boston local, through and through. He grew up north of the city and went to high school right across the street from the paper’s main offices. He often jokes that his friends use to say he hasn’t gone […]