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Three days after bombs shattered its most joyous day, Boston came together Thursday to seek comfort, honor the victims and, in the words of one minister, “heal our beloved city and this violence-weary world.”President Barack Obama, first lady Michelle Obama and other dignitaries arrived for an interfaith prayer service at a cathedral less than a mile from the finish line of the Boston Marathon.“We...
“Unions are the problem.” These were the words that New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie used in response to a question posed by a teacher at a recent town hall meeting. The governor has clearly taken a page out of the union-busting playbook by trying to brand the union as a self-interested third party, but the teacher sensibly corrected the governor, stating that “teachers are the union.”
Three days after bombs shattered its most joyous day, Boston came together Thursday to seek comfort, honor the victims and, in the words of one minister, “heal our beloved city and this violence-weary world.”President Barack Obama, first lady Michelle Obama and other dignitaries arrived for an interfaith prayer service at a cathedral less than a mile from the finish line of the Boston Marathon.“We...
