Mindblown: a blog about philosophy.
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‘The right to film public officials is not limited to the press’
Chalkey Horenstein Spare Change News Simon Glik was charged by Boston police for “illegal wiretapping” while recording police officers roughly arresting a young man in Boston Common. With the dust settling around the First Circuit Court of Appeal’s August 26th ruling, advocate groups such as the American Civil Liberties Union and Common Cause believe this…
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MarySusan Williams-Migneault (c) September 2011
On the edge of a dream… I’m not sure when the lines faded between then and now but there you were as real as flesh Jedi mind tricks no doubt I felt your lips like cushions of air push your breath into mine your hand circling my back your strength pulled me close intensity pressed…
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Recovering From the Disassembly of My Life
Marc D. Goldfinger Spare Change News “Marc D. Goldfinger beats the hell out of most writers working today.” –Sara Gran, author of Claire DeWitt and The City of The Dead, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, 2011. There are aspects of my illness that I don’t remember. I recall seeing counselors of all different types, i.e., psychiatrists, psychologists,…
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Observations
James Shearer Spare Change News As fall closes in, I have been watching a few things. Maybe you have, as well. 1. This whole Occupy thing. The Wall Street protests have finally reached Boston, big-time. The protests, which started off as a small rally at an area of the Greenway near the financial district, have…
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When the best answer to life’s problems is a steady job
Liam Cunningham Spare Change News As many recent college graduates can tell you, finding a job in the current economy is no walk in the park. This process is exponentially harder when you are a person who has struggled with homelessness, incarceration, mental illness, and/or substance abuse issues. At the St. Francis House in downtown…
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Editorial: Flip-flops and hypocrites
Editorial: Flip-flops and hypocrites After all these years, Mitt Romney is still on the make. While that comes as no surprise, the former Massachusetts governor occasionally catches us off guard with another breathlessly unprincipled statement that underscores his willingness to say anything to get elected. A recent example came on Romney’s appearance on Mike Huckabee’s…
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BIG SOX TO FILL: What the Red Sox Need After a Season to Forget
Mark Addesa Spare Change News The 2011 Boston Red Sox were supposed to be the greatest Red Sox team ever put onto a baseball diamond. But the season was a complete failure, starting the season with seven losses and ending it by losing a nine-game lead in wild card race to the Tampa Bay Rays.…
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Editorial: Put the ‘public’ back in public information
The Massachusetts Lottery wants to be paid $3,695 before it releases information that should be free and available to the public. A Freedom of Information Act request – which any citizen can file to get a copy of many govern- ment documents – has been met with foot-dragging at the state Lottery’s Braintree headquarters for…
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The Arts Maven
David Fillingham Spare Change News New England Conservatory: Free Concerts Date: October 3, 2011 – 8:00:PM Price: Free Location: NEC’s Jordan Hall New England Conservatory faculty have always enjoyed playing chamber music together, but it was cellist Laurence Lesser —at the time Conservatory President— who transformed these occasional musical evenings into a stellar, regularly occurring…
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Boston Gets Occupied
Joel Foster Last Friday, September 30th saw the launch of OccupyBoston, a local movement in solidarity with the protests in New York. Other major cities around the country, such as Miami, San Francisco and Washington D.C., also started their own “Occupations” to fight back against government corruption and corporate greed. Taking their cues from the…
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