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Angela Davis is coming to Boston. Jeff Jacoby doesn't like the proposed smoking ban in Boston. Remember to follow Bostonist on Twitter and like us on Facebook. more ›

In an odd twist, conservative columnist Jeff Jacoby offers three solid reasons to vote for Martha Coakley next Tuesday: "Coakley supports ObamaCare, opposes the war in Afghanistan, and favors higher taxes on the wealthy." As Brown (not to mention Coakley) reminds us all, this is the "people's seat." And since people want to tax the rich, oppose the war in Afghanistan, and desire better health insurance options, it looks like the people want Coakley. Gee, people even prefer Democratic representatives to Republicans. So why all the hubbub over Brown again? Maybe it's those dashing good looks. more ›

In yesterday's Globe, Jeff Jacoby asserted that the impending population shifts that will supposedly move whites into the minority are mythical. Citing Census population projections, Jacoby shows that most of the projected “minority” population increase in the U.S. actually consists of white Hispanics. Since these people are racially white (and ethnically Hispanic--Hispanic is not a racial category), whites will retain a 74 percent majority of the U.S. population, even in 2050. more ›

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