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Pioneer Institute Statement on Governor Baker’s New COVID Restrictions
/in Better Government, COVID Economy, COVID Health, Featured, Press Releases: COVID, Press Releases: Government, rCOVID /by Editorial StaffRead Pioneer Institute’s public statement about Gov. Charlie Baker’s new executive orders related to the state’s reopening plan that will go into effect on Nov. 6, issued in response to a significant uptick in COVID infections in Massachusetts,
Nationally Recognized Author Tara Ross on the Importance of the Electoral College
/in Featured, Podcast, US History /by Editorial StaffThis week on “The Learning Curve,” Cara and Gerard are joined by Tara Ross, the nationally recognized author of Why We Need the Electoral College. On the eve of the 2020 election, they discuss the critical and controversial role of the Electoral College in determining which candidate will become the next President of the United States.
Voting for Health: Party Opinions, Election Results & the Healthcare Policy Implications of Election 2020
/0 Comments/in COVID Health, COVID Podcasts, Featured, Healthcare, Podcast Hubwonk /by Editorial StaffJoin Host Joe Selvaggi as he discusses with Harvard Professor Bob Blendon his New England Journal of Medicine Special Report, “Implications of the 2020 Election for U.S. Health Policy,” which covers broad differences in both party’s view of the role of government in health care and what the election results will mean for Americans.
Hockey Sidelined Again
/0 Comments/in Blog: Healthcare, COVID Health, Healthcare, rCOVID /by Maddie LowyAfter months on the sidelines, youth hockey players across the state eagerly laced up their skates in August. Under current youth and amateur sports guidelines, locker rooms operate at 50 percent capacity, only one spectator should attend per player, and players wear masks on the bench. Unlike in MIAA high school sports, players do not wear facemasks while they play, except during faceoffs.
Pulitzer-Winning Author Stacy Schiff on the Salem Witch Trials
/in Featured, Podcast, Related Education Blogs, US History /by Editorial StaffIn our special Halloween edition of “The Learning Curve,” Cara and Gerard are joined by Pulitzer-Prize winner Stacy Schiff, whose most recent book is The Witches: Salem, 1692. They discuss why, in Schiff’s view, the Salem witch trials are the “the best known, least understood chapter” of American history, and why the trials, false charges, and finger pointing, remain relevant today in our Internet culture.