“Family dysfunction” was the motivation for the bombers

“The whole narrative confirms that while the radical motivations of the Tsarnaev brothers — and perhaps, it remains to be seen, some of their training — came from international jihadist movements, the bombing was also the product of family dysfunction, youthful nihilism, and a pattern of low-level crimes escalating into a very major one.” —Boston Globe editorial May 3.

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Money does more than talk, it walks

Neil Diamond was wrong. His 1979 hit song, “Forever in Blue Jeans,” famously begins: “Money talks. But it don’t sing and dance and it don’t walk.” Sorry, Neil, money does walk if taxes go up too much.

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