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Sunday, September 23, 2012

Love him or hate him, everyone does what Mitt Romney is being skewered for, writes Steve Almond. We tell one story in public -- and another in private.  (Photo: AP) 

Thanks to the likes of Lady Gaga and "Fifty Shades of Grey," S&M is making a comeback -- but at what cost? Caryl Rivers examines the effects.  (Photo: AP)
 

Paul Ryan's budget promises Americans a "Path to Prosperity." But Linda Bilmes - who calls the plan deliberately hazy, flawed and awful - begs to differ.  (Photo: AP)

 

Harvard says it is taking a recent investigation into widespread cheating very seriously. But Peter May says by buffering student athletes, the university is sending a very different message.

 

Newspapers don't need any more bad news. Unfortunately, thanks to a small and obscure federal agency, they just got some. Ed Fouhy breaks down the latest blow in their struggle for survival and asks, whither Boston journalism?



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