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PREVAIL REVIEW / Barr Sinister: The Most Dangerous Man in America

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PREVAIL REVIEW / Barr Sinister: The Most Dangerous Man in America Wherefore art thou a traitor, Bill Barr? Greg Olear Aug 6   The PREVAIL Review: Dog Days I am on vacation. Beginning on July 26, I will run pieces from the PREVAIL archives every day until resuming new material on August 7—that is, tomorrow! During those 12 days, new subscribers will receive 15 percent off the purchase of an annual subscription.  With a paid subscription, you can join the lovely PREVAIL community and participate in the conversation. Thanks, as always, for your support! And not to jinx it, but when I go on vacation, important things DO seem to happen… Every piece at PREVAIL is free to read and always will be. No paywalls, ever. Your generous support keeps it that way. Thank you! Note: This piece, one of the first on PREVAIL, ran on December 13, 2019. He seems so nice. Unlike Paul Manafort , who presents as the mobbed-up asshole he is, or Roger Stone, who arrayed himself like a comic-book villain...

WBUR TODAY: The museum vs. the sea

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  ❤️ Donate Thursday, August 6, 2026 ☀️ Sunny and humid, with a high near 91. Good Morning Boston, A heat advisory is in effect today through Friday for almost all of Massachusetts . According to the National Weather Service, the temperature and high humidity will bring the heat index close to 100 at certain times. Remember these tips to stay cool. Now, in related news: Channeling climate change: The Boston Children's Museum is beginning work this month on a $15 million plan to protect itself from the floods and sea level rise associated with climate change . Located on the banks of the Fort Point Channel, the museum is one of Boston's most flood-exposed institutions — something leaders learned firsthand during a nasty winter storm in 2018 . "We actually started getting water in the museum," Carole Charnow, the museum's CEO, told WBUR's Dan Guzman. "And this was of grave concern to us because we know that storms are getting more frequent [and] becoming ...