1. WHISTLEBLOWER PROTECTIONS: Voting 331 for and 94 against, the House on March 14 passed a bill (HR 985) extending whistleblower protections to civil servants at national security agencies such as the FBI and CIA, and to private-sector employees of government contractors. The bill also would protect federal employees who blow the whistle on superiors seeking to suppress or distort scientific research for political reasons.
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How they voted
1. WHISTLEBLOWER PROTECTIONS: Voting 331 for and 94 against, the House on March 14 passed a bill (HR 985) extending whistleblower protections to civil servants at national security agencies such as the FBI and CIA, and to private-sector employees of government contractors. The bill also would protect federal employees who blow the whistle on superiors seeking to suppress or distort scientific research for political reasons.
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Our View: Big test for upstart Senate candidate
Supporters of Democratic U.S. Senate candidate Elizabeth Warren are under no obligation to help Marisa DeFranco obtain the minimum 15 percent delegate vote she requires to win a place on the primary ballot in September.
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Our View: Time to get rid of Salem council's silly gag rule
The writer T.S. Eliot once observed that "half of the harm that is done in this world is due to people who want to feel important."
The rule that allows a single member of the Salem City Council to prevent anyone, even the mayor, from addressing that body makes that councilor feel important. It serves no other purpose. -
Reg Henry: Dear Friends: Facebook is, like, so lame
There comes a time in every life when a person must take the plunge, break from the old routine, embrace the future. So it was with me and Facebook.
I saw many of my friends and relatives sign up for Facebook in recent years. But being somewhat of an anti-social person working not in new media but grumpy old media, I resisted doing so myself as an individual act of defiance. -
What Others Say: Nanny state alive and well in the Merrimack Valley
Let's stipulate that smoking is very, very bad for you.
If you don't quit, it will probably kill you, one way or another. It will impoverish you little by little as you plop down $7 or $8 for a pack of cigarettes. -
Letter: Great day for Farms community
To the editor:
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Our View: Big test for upstart Senate candidate


