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Norman McAllister, R-Franklin, returns to his seat in the Senate on the opening day of the Legislature.</image:caption></image:image><lastmod>2016-01-06T16:01:56+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://mhasegawa.com/2016/01/04/the-tattoo-murder-case/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://mhasegawa.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/01/cover.jpg</image:loc><image:title>cover</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://mhasegawa.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/01/takagi.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Takagi</image:title><image:caption>Akimitsu 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James, in 2010. </image:caption></image:image><lastmod>2014-11-30T15:36:24+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://mhasegawa.com/2014/11/25/grand-juries-ferguson-lots-of-questions-and-incredible-sadness/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://mhasegawa.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/11/ferguson-night-cassidy-690.jpg</image:loc><image:title>A protester stands with his hands on his head as a cloud of tear gas approaches after a grand jury returned no indictment in the shooting of Michael Brown in Ferguson, Missouri</image:title></image:image><lastmod>2014-11-25T16:05:31+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://mhasegawa.com/2014/11/12/getting-closer-to-things-that-really-matter/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://mhasegawa.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/11/pb050013-queen-annes-lace-small.jpg</image:loc><image:title>OLYMPUS DIGITAL CAMERA</image:title><image:caption>Dried Queen Anne's Lace seen on a recent walk.</image:caption></image:image><lastmod>2014-11-12T22:32:35+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://mhasegawa.com/2014/11/09/some-cartoonists-view-the-2014-mid-term-election/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://mhasegawa.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/11/sc141107.gif</image:loc><image:title>sc141107</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://mhasegawa.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/11/cg542ef13fef034.jpg</image:loc><image:title>cg542ef13fef034</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://mhasegawa.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/11/cg545af80d262ee.jpg</image:loc><image:title>cg545af80d262ee</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://mhasegawa.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/11/cg545c4e0541bf4.jpg</image:loc><image:title>cg545c4e0541bf4</image:title></image:image><lastmod>2014-11-09T15:30:51+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://mhasegawa.com/2014/11/07/remembering-anne-frank/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://mhasegawa.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/11/annefrankweb3-master315.jpg</image:loc><image:title>ANNEFRANKweb3-master315</image:title><image:caption>Anne Frank, in 1941. 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(Circa February 1932)</image:caption></image:image><lastmod>2014-09-24T00:10:46+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://mhasegawa.com/2014/09/18/college-reunion-my-45th/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://mhasegawa.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/09/fireworks-over-annapolis.jpg</image:loc><image:title>fireworks-over-Annapolis</image:title><image:caption>Fireworks over College Creek, St. John's College, Annapolis 2014 Homecoming.</image:caption></image:image><lastmod>2014-09-18T15:27:09+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://mhasegawa.com/2014/09/10/join-us-in-the-fight-for-net-neutrality/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://mhasegawa.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/09/settingsmenu.jpg</image:loc><image:title>settingsmenu</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://mhasegawa.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/09/ffnn-2.jpg</image:loc><image:title>ffnn 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Remy</image:caption></image:image><lastmod>2014-05-28T20:21:40+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://mhasegawa.com/2014/05/25/amazons-war-on-books-writers-and-publishers/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://mhasegawa.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/05/books.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Books</image:title></image:image><lastmod>2014-05-26T14:49:03+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://mhasegawa.com/2013/08/18/richard-the-third-still-controversial/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://mhasegawa.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/08/richard.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Richard</image:title><image:caption>The skeleton of King Richard III was unearthed beneath a municipal parking lot late last year. </image:caption></image:image><lastmod>2014-05-24T19:44:50+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://mhasegawa.com/2014/05/23/when-spouses-are-both-in-politics/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://mhasegawa.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/05/juliet.png</image:loc><image:title>Juliet</image:title><image:caption>Juliette Kayyem</image:caption></image:image><lastmod>2014-05-23T18:40:06+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://mhasegawa.com/2014/05/22/the-longfellow-bridge-part-3-or-we-dont-build-the-way-we-used-to-build/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://mhasegawa.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/05/longfellow-before.png</image:loc><image:title>Longfellow before</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://mhasegawa.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/05/longfellow-construction-may-2014.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Longfellow construction May 2014</image:title><image:caption>Longfellow Bridge under construction May 2014</image:caption></image:image><lastmod>2014-05-22T22:11:05+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://mhasegawa.com/2014/05/21/warning-labels/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://mhasegawa.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/05/warning-label.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Warning label</image:title></image:image><lastmod>2014-05-21T14:34:23+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://mhasegawa.com/2014/05/02/the-politics-of-macho/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://mhasegawa.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/05/mary_fallin-620x412.jpg</image:loc><image:title>mary_fallin-620x412</image:title><image:caption>Oklahoma Governor Mary Fallin</image:caption></image:image><lastmod>2014-05-02T13:57:00+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://mhasegawa.com/2014/04/28/are-starlings-taking-over/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://mhasegawa.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/04/74383998_europeanstarling-4475_lisabradley_mi_2013.jpg</image:loc><image:title>_74383998_europeanstarling-4475_lisabradley_mi_2013</image:title><image:caption>Close-up of a handsome starling</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://mhasegawa.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/04/starlings-central-park.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Starlings Central Park</image:title><image:caption>Taken on a recent visit to Central Park, NYC, these fellows are direct descendants of those first 80 to 100 first starlings.</image:caption></image:image><lastmod>2014-04-30T13:49:29+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://mhasegawa.com/2014/04/27/some-random-thoughts-about-cliven-bundy/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://mhasegawa.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/04/tt-and-bundy.jpg</image:loc><image:title>TT and Bundy</image:title></image:image><lastmod>2014-04-27T11:52:37+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://mhasegawa.com/2014/04/22/new-england-st-johns-college-and-the-war-of-1812/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://mhasegawa.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/04/banner.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Banner</image:title><image:caption>Cover of sheet music for "The Star-Spangled Banner", transcribed for piano by Ch. Voss, Philadelphia: G. Andre &amp; Co., 1862</image:caption></image:image><lastmod>2014-04-23T10:18:29+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://mhasegawa.com/2014/04/09/solving-the-pay-equity-problem-not-that-easy/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://mhasegawa.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/04/white-house-wage-gap.jpg</image:loc><image:title>white-house-wage-gap</image:title></image:image><lastmod>2014-04-30T16:30:30+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://mhasegawa.com/2014/04/04/does-context-matter/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://mhasegawa.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/04/memorial.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Memorial</image:title><image:caption>An early rendering of the inscription at the National September 11 Memorial Museum. </image:caption></image:image><lastmod>2014-04-07T11:58:14+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://mhasegawa.com/2014/04/02/as-the-dust-settles/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://mhasegawa.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/04/obamacare-wasserman.jpg</image:loc><image:title>obamacare wasserman</image:title></image:image><lastmod>2014-04-02T21:18:27+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://mhasegawa.com/2014/04/01/president-harrisons-new-medical-diagnosis/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://mhasegawa.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/04/dc-map.jpg</image:loc><image:title>DC map</image:title><image:caption>An 1846 map of Washington, top, shows the home (A) of William Henry Harrison, above, its water supply (B), and a field of “night soil” (C) that could have harbored deadly bacteria. </image:caption></image:image><lastmod>2014-04-04T14:32:32+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://mhasegawa.com/2014/03/21/death-of-an-angry-unhappy-man/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://mhasegawa.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/03/phelps.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Phelps</image:title><image:caption>Mr. Phelps, with his wife, Margie M. Phelps, left, and daughter Margie J. Phelps, at a demonstration in Baltimore in 2007. </image:caption></image:image><lastmod>2014-03-23T14:15:44+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://mhasegawa.com/2014/03/20/random-thoughts-on-the-state-of-the-world-on-the-first-day-of-spring/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://mhasegawa.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/03/mutts-spring-2014.gif</image:loc><image:title>Mutts Spring 2014</image:title><image:caption>Mutts by Patrick McDonnell</image:caption></image:image><lastmod>2014-03-20T21:00:11+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://mhasegawa.com/2014/03/14/st-patricks-day-2014/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://mhasegawa.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/03/gays-march-1992.gif</image:loc><image:title>Gays march 1992</image:title><image:caption>The 1992 South Boston parade after a court order.</image:caption></image:image><lastmod>2014-03-14T15:45:41+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://mhasegawa.com/2014/03/12/anita-hill-and-sandra-fluke-does-20-years-really-make-a-difference/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://mhasegawa.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/03/s-sandra-fluke-large.jpg</image:loc><image:title>s-SANDRA-FLUKE-large</image:title><image:caption>Sandra Fluke</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://mhasegawa.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/03/hill-testifying.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Hill testifying</image:title><image:caption>Ms. Hill at the hearings. </image:caption></image:image><lastmod>2014-03-13T12:51:40+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://mhasegawa.com/2014/03/12/women-gun-violence-and-domestic-violence/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://mhasegawa.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/03/gun-violence.jpg</image:loc><image:title>gun violence</image:title><image:caption>Jahmeilla Tresvant is facing gun charges in two cases. In one, police believe she was holding a gun for her brother</image:caption></image:image><lastmod>2014-03-12T14:35:26+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://mhasegawa.com/2014/03/10/birds-and-seeds-change-and-diversity/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://mhasegawa.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/03/seed-library.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Seed Library</image:title><image:caption>A seed library</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://mhasegawa.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/03/northern-cardinal.png</image:loc><image:title>Northern Cardinal</image:title><image:caption>Northern Cardinal</image:caption></image:image><lastmod>2014-03-15T02:48:32+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://mhasegawa.com/2014/03/02/about-those-bitcoins/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://mhasegawa.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/03/toothfairy.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Toothfairy</image:title></image:image><lastmod>2014-03-02T17:43:33+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://mhasegawa.com/2014/02/27/the-state-of-health-care-reform/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://mhasegawa.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/02/aca-buttons.jpg</image:loc><image:title>ACA buttons</image:title><image:caption>.</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://mhasegawa.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/02/kaiser3-aca.jpg</image:loc><image:title>kaiser3 aca</image:title><image:caption>Some Kaiser survey results</image:caption></image:image><lastmod>2014-02-27T14:46:24+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://mhasegawa.com/2014/02/25/micro-housing-for-the-homeless/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://mhasegawa.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/02/quixote-2.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Quixote 2</image:title><image:caption>Residents wanted a horseshoe layout rather than a cluster and traded interior space for sitting porches. </image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://mhasegawa.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/02/boston-micro-unit.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Boston micro unit</image:title><image:caption>The kitchen and living area of a 530-square-foot apartment at Factory 63 in the Innovation District (top). </image:caption></image:image><lastmod>2014-03-18T21:24:50+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://mhasegawa.com/2014/02/24/housing-the-homeless/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://mhasegawa.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/02/pine-street-tower.jpg</image:loc><image:title>pine street tower</image:title><image:caption>A view of the Pine Street Inn Homeless Shelter</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://mhasegawa.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/02/quixote-1.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Quixote 1</image:title><image:caption>Quixote Village opened Dec. 24 on 2.1 acres in an industrial park near Washington’s capital. </image:caption></image:image><lastmod>2014-02-25T14:48:50+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://mhasegawa.com/2014/02/21/spending-and-the-deficit/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://mhasegawa.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/02/capuano-chart-1.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Capuano chart 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Hawk</image:caption></image:image><lastmod>2014-02-19T17:46:05+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://mhasegawa.com/2014/02/13/shortstops-jeter-and-bogaerts/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://mhasegawa.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/02/bogaerts.jpg</image:loc><image:title>MLB: ALCS-Detroit Tigers at Boston Red Sox</image:title><image:caption>Xander Bogaerts during the ALCS vs. Detroit</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://mhasegawa.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/02/jeter.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Jeter</image:title><image:caption>Derek Jeter in 2008 after breaking Lou Gehrig’s mark with his 1,270th hit at Yankee Stadium</image:caption></image:image><lastmod>2014-02-13T16:23:40+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://mhasegawa.com/2014/02/10/remembering-maxine-kumin/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://mhasegawa.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/02/late-snow.png</image:loc><image:title>late snow</image:title></image:image><lastmod>2014-02-10T16:48:45+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://mhasegawa.com/2014/02/08/kids-and-guns/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://mhasegawa.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/02/mattapan-shooting.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Mattapan shooting</image:title><image:caption>Police investigating the fatal shooting of a Mattapan boy outside the Morton Street home where he was shot.</image:caption></image:image><lastmod>2014-02-08T16:54:34+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://mhasegawa.com/2014/01/31/theft-of-a-violin/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://mhasegawa.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/01/strad-with-the-police.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Strad with the police</image:title><image:caption>The Strad recovered.</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://mhasegawa.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/01/strad-2-master180.jpg</image:loc><image:title>STRAD-2-master180</image:title><image:caption>Stradivarius violin </image:caption></image:image><lastmod>2014-02-07T11:50:56+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://mhasegawa.com/2014/02/02/ms-g-predicts-more-winter/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://mhasegawa.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/02/ms-g.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Ms. G.</image:title><image:caption>Ms. G. predicts more winter.</image:caption></image:image><lastmod>2014-02-08T22:55:27+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://mhasegawa.com/2014/01/29/pete-seeger-at-the-lincoln-memorial-2/</loc><lastmod>2014-01-29T22:51:00+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://mhasegawa.com/2014/01/28/about-traffic-studies/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://mhasegawa.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/01/traffic-study.jpg</image:loc><image:title>traffic study</image:title></image:image><lastmod>2014-01-28T21:19:29+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://mhasegawa.com/2014/01/28/reading-series-mysteries/</loc><lastmod>2014-01-28T19:59:30+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://mhasegawa.com/2014/01/26/the-perpetual-war-on-women/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://mhasegawa.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/01/huckabee.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Huckabee</image:title><image:caption>Maybe he should stick to playing the guitar.</image:caption></image:image><lastmod>2014-01-27T07:48:44+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://mhasegawa.com/2014/01/25/nadal-and-federer-borg-and-mcenroe/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://mhasegawa.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/01/nadal-federer.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Nadal Federer</image:title><image:caption>Rafael Nadal, left, shaking Roger Federer's hand after their match. 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July 2011</image:caption></image:image><lastmod>2014-01-25T15:07:33+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://mhasegawa.com/2014/01/23/some-cartoonists-look-at-chris-christie/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://mhasegawa.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/01/bolling.gif</image:loc><image:title>Bolling</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://mhasegawa.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/01/luckavich.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Luckovich</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://mhasegawa.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/01/nick-anderson.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Nick Anderson</image:title></image:image><lastmod>2014-01-23T21:38:15+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://mhasegawa.com/2014/01/22/beware-gifts-from-friends/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://mhasegawa.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/01/the-mcdonnells.jpg</image:loc><image:title>The McDonnells</image:title></image:image><lastmod>2014-01-22T21:38:17+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://mhasegawa.com/2014/01/21/the-state-rep-and-domestic-violence/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://mhasegawa.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/01/carlos.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Carlos</image:title><image:caption>State Representative Carlos Henriquez of Dorchester looked toward the jury Wednesday.</image:caption></image:image><lastmod>2017-04-17T14:00:49+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://mhasegawa.com/2014/01/05/robert-livingston-forgotten-man-of-the-revolution/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://mhasegawa.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/01/robert-livingston.png</image:loc><image:title>Robert Livingston</image:title><image:caption>Robert Livingston</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://mhasegawa.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/01/livingston-doc.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Livingston doc</image:title><image:caption>The letter, which Ms. Gruchow found last summer, was written in 1775 by the New York jurist Robert R. Livingston.</image:caption></image:image><lastmod>2014-01-05T15:08:06+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://mhasegawa.com/2014/01/02/predicting-2014/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://mhasegawa.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/01/2014.jpg</image:loc><image:title>2014</image:title></image:image><lastmod>2014-01-03T01:04:45+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://mhasegawa.com/2013/12/22/the-joys-of-aging/</loc><lastmod>2013-12-30T01:37:22+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://mhasegawa.com/2013/11/15/silence/</loc><lastmod>2013-11-17T12:42:11+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://mhasegawa.com/2013/11/08/can-we-cure-congressional-dysfunction/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://mhasegawa.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/11/ivoted.jpg</image:loc><image:title>IVoted</image:title></image:image><lastmod>2013-11-09T10:24:53+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://mhasegawa.com/2013/11/05/election-day-in-boston-will-the-unions-rule/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://mhasegawa.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/11/marty-walsh.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Marty Walsh</image:title><image:caption>Martin J. Walsh at a Central Boston Elder Services meeting Thursday in Roxbury,</image:caption></image:image><lastmod>2013-11-05T13:25:32+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://mhasegawa.com/2013/10/31/random-thoughts-about-the-red-sox-and-the-world-series/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://mhasegawa.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/10/bearded-fisk.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Bearded Fisk</image:title><image:caption>Carlton Fisk, sporting a phony beard, and Luis Tiant, with a real one, threw out the first pitch.</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://mhasegawa.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/10/david-hugs-farrell.jpg</image:loc><image:title>David hugs Farrell</image:title><image:caption>Bib Papi hugs manger John Farrell</image:caption></image:image><lastmod>2013-10-31T18:38:28+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://mhasegawa.com/2013/10/30/poverty-and-microcredit/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://mhasegawa.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/10/microloans.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Microloans</image:title><image:caption>S. M. Nural Kabir fills out papers for borrowers, many of whom lack access to credit</image:caption></image:image><lastmod>2013-10-30T12:20:10+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://mhasegawa.com/2013/10/26/healthcare-confusion/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://mhasegawa.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/10/mass_enrollment_blue.jpg</image:loc><image:title>mass_enrollment_blue</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://mhasegawa.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/10/jen-sorenson.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Jen Sorenson</image:title></image:image><lastmod>2013-10-26T20:35:47+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://mhasegawa.com/2013/10/25/the-world-series-beards-and-music/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://mhasegawa.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/10/koji-in-baltimore.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Koji in Baltimore</image:title></image:image><lastmod>2013-10-25T22:12:24+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://mhasegawa.com/2013/10/21/the-more-things-change/</loc><lastmod>2013-10-21T17:25:18+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://mhasegawa.com/2013/10/19/a-father-remembers-his-daughter-in-music/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://mhasegawa.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/10/jazzman-2-popup.jpg</image:loc><image:title>jazzman-2-popup</image:title><image:caption>Ana Márquez-Greene</image:caption></image:image><lastmod>2013-10-19T23:03:49+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://mhasegawa.com/2013/10/18/who-is-jeh-johnson/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://mhasegawa.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/10/jeh-johnson.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Jeh Johnson</image:title><image:caption>During his tenure at the Defense Department, Jeh C. Johnson helped shape the Obama administration's national security policies.</image:caption></image:image><lastmod>2013-10-19T08:45:25+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://mhasegawa.com/2013/10/18/winners-and-losers/</loc><lastmod>2013-10-19T08:47:11+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://mhasegawa.com/2013/10/16/moving-toward-the-cliff/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://mhasegawa.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/10/wilkinson2.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Wilkinson2</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://mhasegawa.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/10/wilkinson.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Wilkinson</image:title><image:caption>Signe Wilkerson</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://mhasegawa.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/10/toles10162013.jpg</image:loc><image:title>toles10162013</image:title><image:caption>Tom Toles</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://mhasegawa.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/10/auth.gif</image:loc><image:title>Auth</image:title><image:caption>From Tony Auth</image:caption></image:image><lastmod>2013-10-16T17:15:33+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://mhasegawa.com/2013/10/14/can-we-send-david-ortiz-to-the-budget-negotiations/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://mhasegawa.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/10/otiz-slam.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Otiz slam</image:title><image:caption>A hero of postseasons past, David Ortiz rounds third base — as the Tigers’ Miguel Cabrera looks on — to a standing ovation after his grand slam in the eighth inning tied Game 2 at 5.</image:caption></image:image><lastmod>2013-10-14T11:56:20+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://mhasegawa.com/2013/10/11/the-myth-of-small-businesses-and-healthcare/</loc><lastmod>2013-10-11T16:08:49+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://mhasegawa.com/2013/10/09/the-senate-chaplain-speaks/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://mhasegawa.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/10/chaplain-black.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Chaplain Black</image:title><image:caption>Senate Chaplain Barry Black</image:caption></image:image><lastmod>2013-10-09T15:20:56+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://mhasegawa.com/2013/10/07/red-sox-and-the-postseason/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://mhasegawa.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/10/uehara-and-ortiz.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Uehara and Ortiz</image:title><image:caption>Koji Uehara gets a lift from David Ortiz after the Red Sox closer finished off Tampa Bay with just 11 pitches.  Notice the little smile on John Farrell.</image:caption></image:image><lastmod>2013-10-07T11:27:50+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://mhasegawa.com/2013/10/04/the-government-shutdown-a-letter-from-congressman-capuano/</loc><lastmod>2013-10-05T02:15:40+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://mhasegawa.com/2013/10/04/cartoonists-view-the-government-shutdown/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://mhasegawa.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/10/luckovich.jpg</image:loc><image:title>luckovich</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://mhasegawa.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/10/carlson.gif</image:loc><image:title>Carlson</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://mhasegawa.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/10/anderson-on-cruz.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Anderson on Cruz</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://mhasegawa.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/10/101toon_wasserman.jpg</image:loc><image:title>101toon_wasserman</image:title></image:image><lastmod>2013-10-04T13:50:11+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://mhasegawa.com/2013/10/03/trying-to-made-sense-of-it-all/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://mhasegawa.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/10/boehner.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Boehner</image:title><image:caption>Representative John A. Boehner, the House speaker, arrived at the Capitol on Thursday with his security personnel on the third day of the government shutdown.</image:caption></image:image><lastmod>2013-10-03T17:38:38+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://mhasegawa.com/2013/10/01/president-obama-and-leadership/</loc><lastmod>2013-10-02T11:59:39+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://mhasegawa.com/2013/09/30/kittie-knox-bicycle-racer/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://mhasegawa.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/09/knox-family.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Knox family</image:title><image:caption>Three generations of Kittie Knox’s relatives attended a ceremony dedicating a new headstone at Mount Auburn Cemetery.</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://mhasegawa.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/09/knox-tintype.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Knox tintype</image:title><image:caption>Kittie Knox</image:caption></image:image><lastmod>2013-09-30T14:03:56+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://mhasegawa.com/2013/09/29/bostons-ward-11-precinct-1-and-the-next-mayor/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://mhasegawa.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/09/ward-11-votes.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Ward 11 votes</image:title><image:caption>Vote distribution in 11/1.</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://mhasegawa.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/09/ward-11-race.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Ward 11 race</image:title><image:caption>Voters in Ward 11/1</image:caption></image:image><lastmod>2013-09-30T11:31:43+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://mhasegawa.com/2013/09/10/dorothy-in-iraq-or-is-it-afganistan-or-maybe-syria-or-lybia/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://mhasegawa.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/09/tom-and-dorothy.gif</image:loc><image:title>Tom and Dorothy</image:title></image:image><lastmod>2013-09-10T12:51:55+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://mhasegawa.com/2013/09/08/red-sox-and-yankees-september-2013/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://mhasegawa.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/09/butterfield_bogaerts.jpg</image:loc><image:title>butterfield_bogaerts</image:title><image:caption>Third base coach Brian Butterfield (left) congratulated Xander Bogaerts after the 20-year-old’s first major league home run.</image:caption></image:image><lastmod>2013-09-08T11:44:56+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://mhasegawa.com/2013/09/07/more-politics-race-and-south-boston/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://mhasegawa.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/09/linda-dorcena.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Linda Dorcena</image:title><image:caption>Linda Dorcena Forry</image:caption></image:image><lastmod>2013-09-07T14:49:07+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://mhasegawa.com/2013/09/04/gay-rights-and-the-supremes/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://mhasegawa.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/09/ruth-marries.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Ruth marries</image:title><image:caption>Justice Ginsburg performs an historic marriage ceremony.</image:caption></image:image><lastmod>2013-09-07T11:13:44+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://mhasegawa.com/2013/09/03/increased-violence-another-consequence-of-global-warming/</loc><lastmod>2013-09-04T10:58:59+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://mhasegawa.com/2013/08/31/the-war-in-syria-a-confused-state-of-affairs/</loc><lastmod>2013-08-31T16:25:55+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://mhasegawa.com/2013/08/27/economic-justice-and-the-march-on-washington/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://mhasegawa.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/08/mlk-1956.jpg</image:loc><image:title>MLK-1956</image:title><image:caption>Bayard Rustin with Martin Luther King, Jr.
 in 1956</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://mhasegawa.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/08/randolph-statue.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Randolph statue</image:title><image:caption>Rep. Byron Rushing (left) from Roxbury and John Dukakais at the unveiling of the A. 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Byrd  in 1965, when he was appointed to his father’s seat</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://mhasegawa.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/07/boggs.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Boggs</image:title><image:caption>Mrs. Boggs during her Congressional campaign in 1973</image:caption></image:image><lastmod>2013-07-31T21:00:14+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://mhasegawa.com/2013/07/30/urban-sprawl-transportation-and-poverty/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://mhasegawa.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/07/boton-t.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Boton T</image:title></image:image><lastmod>2013-07-30T15:26:17+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://mhasegawa.com/2013/07/27/the-next-fed-chair-not-larry-summers/</loc><lastmod>2013-07-29T09:21:00+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://mhasegawa.com/2013/07/27/the-uss-constitution-the-nations-oldest-commissioned-warship/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://mhasegawa.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/07/constitution.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Constitution</image:title><image:caption>Commander Sean D. Kearns (left) and the USS Constitution’s outgoing commanding officer, Matthew J. Bonner, saluted attendees after Kearns officially took over as the ship’s new leader.</image:caption></image:image><lastmod>2013-07-29T09:21:59+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://mhasegawa.com/2013/07/25/jane-to-be-worth-10-pounds/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://mhasegawa.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/07/jane-austen-banknote-010.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Jane Austen banknote</image:title><image:caption>The Bank of England's design for a £10 note featuring Jane Austen</image:caption></image:image><lastmod>2013-07-25T13:56:08+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://mhasegawa.com/2013/07/24/fixing-fisa/</loc><lastmod>2013-07-24T14:36:13+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://mhasegawa.com/2013/07/23/the-baby-cambridge/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://mhasegawa.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/07/trafalgar-square.jpg</image:loc><image:title>British Royal Baby Birth</image:title><image:caption>The fountains in Trafalgar Square are illuminated in blue to mark the birth of a royal baby boy.</image:caption></image:image><lastmod>2013-07-23T12:38:55+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://mhasegawa.com/2013/07/22/beating-the-heat/</loc><lastmod>2013-07-22T15:22:29+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://mhasegawa.com/2013/07/22/calling-911/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://mhasegawa.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/07/130722_daily-cartoon-thursday_p465.jpg</image:loc><image:title>130722_daily-cartoon-thursday_p465</image:title></image:image><lastmod>2013-07-23T10:28:57+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://mhasegawa.com/2013/07/19/and-the-race-is-on/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://mhasegawa.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/07/red-sox-2.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Red Sox 2</image:title><image:caption>The Red Sox head into the post-All-Star Game portion of the season with a 2.5-game lead in the AL East. </image:caption></image:image><lastmod>2013-07-19T14:00:04+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://mhasegawa.com/2013/07/18/a-sort-of-apology/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://mhasegawa.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/07/malala-yousafzai-at-the-u-008.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Malala Yousafzai at the United Nations</image:title><image:caption>Malala Yousafzai speaking at the United Nations</image:caption></image:image><lastmod>2013-07-18T17:00:24+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://mhasegawa.com/2013/07/17/floridas-strange-gun-laws/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://mhasegawa.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/07/alexander.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Alexander</image:title><image:caption>Marissa Alexander of Florida received a 20-year prison sentence for firing a warning shot at her abusive ex-husband.</image:caption></image:image><lastmod>2013-07-17T15:55:46+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://mhasegawa.com/2013/07/16/republicans-try-to-attract-women/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://mhasegawa.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/07/tmw2013-07-17color.png</image:loc><image:title>TMW2013-07-17color</image:title></image:image><lastmod>2013-07-17T10:58:44+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://mhasegawa.com/2013/07/13/house-democrat-and-former-teacher-mark-takano-grades-gop-letter-to-john-boehner-hilarity-ensues/</loc><lastmod>2013-07-13T16:31:41+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://mhasegawa.com/2013/07/13/more-nails-in-the-republican-coffin/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://mhasegawa.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/07/house-republicans.jpg</image:loc><image:title>House republicans</image:title><image:caption>From left, Representatives Tim Murphy, Mark Sanford, Cathy McMorris Rodgers and Sean P. Duffy, all Republicans, after the House approved an agriculture bill. </image:caption></image:image><lastmod>2013-07-13T16:28:03+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://mhasegawa.com/2013/07/10/will-books-and-bookstores-survive/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://mhasegawa.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/07/bmail_topper042913.jpg</image:loc><image:title>bmail_topper042913</image:title></image:image><lastmod>2013-07-13T12:20:54+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://mhasegawa.com/2013/07/08/the-real-danger-the-fisa-court/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://mhasegawa.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/07/tmw2013-07-10color.png</image:loc><image:title>TMW2013-07-10color</image:title><image:caption>This Modern World</image:caption></image:image><lastmod>2013-07-09T10:13:22+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://mhasegawa.com/2013/07/06/george-w-and-barack-obama/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://mhasegawa.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/07/130702_obama_bush_africa_reu1.jpg</image:loc><image:title>130702_obama_bush_africa_reu1</image:title></image:image><lastmod>2013-07-06T14:49:39+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://mhasegawa.com/2013/07/05/singing-the-anthem/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://mhasegawa.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/07/barr.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Barr</image:title><image:caption>Clockwise from top left: STEVEN TYLER at Fenway Park in 2002; CHAKA KHAN in 2008 at Dodger Stadium; JAMES HETFIELD in San Francisco in May; ROSEANNE BARR at a San Diego Padres game in 1990; MARC ANTHONY at Shea Stadium in 2001; and TAYLOR SWIFT at Dodger Stadium in 2007. </image:caption></image:image><lastmod>2013-07-06T13:22:03+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://mhasegawa.com/2013/07/02/red-sox-50-wins/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://mhasegawa.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/07/red-sox.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Red Sox</image:title></image:image><lastmod>2013-07-02T16:50:41+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://mhasegawa.com/2013/07/01/republican-gerrymandering/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://mhasegawa.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/07/130619_tea_party_immigration_ap_605.jpg</image:loc><image:title>130619_tea_party_immigration_ap_605</image:title><image:caption>Opposition to immigration reform by the Tea Party.</image:caption></image:image><lastmod>2013-07-01T21:04:31+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://mhasegawa.com/2013/06/30/social-media-is-it-the-new-coffeehouse/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://mhasegawa.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/06/seminar.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Seminar</image:title><image:caption>Current Johnnies still talk.</image:caption></image:image><lastmod>2013-06-30T16:35:04+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://mhasegawa.com/2013/06/29/official-end-to-californias-prop-8/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://mhasegawa.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/06/marriage.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Marriage</image:title><image:caption>Kris Perry and Sandy Stier, who have been together for more than 15 years and have four sons, were married at San Francisco City Hall by Attorney General Kamala Harris on Friday. </image:caption></image:image><lastmod>2013-06-29T11:34:24+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://mhasegawa.com/2013/06/27/the-bso-and-the-red-sox/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://mhasegawa.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/06/27namespedro1.jpg</image:loc><image:title>27namespedro1</image:title></image:image><lastmod>2013-06-27T13:42:12+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://mhasegawa.com/2013/06/23/someone-has-always-been-watching/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://mhasegawa.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/06/bugging.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Bugging</image:title></image:image><lastmod>2013-06-24T19:38:50+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://mhasegawa.com/2013/06/21/markey-v-gomez-the-massachusetts-senate-race/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://mhasegawa.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/06/markey-gomez.png</image:loc><image:title>Markey Gomez</image:title><image:caption>This photo provided by WGBH shows U.S. Senate candidates, Republican Gabriel Gomez, left, and Democratic U.S. Rep. Edward Markey, right before a debate moderated by R.D. Sahl, center, Tuesday at WGBH studios in Boston. (THE ASSOCIATED PRESS)</image:caption></image:image><lastmod>2013-06-21T16:13:28+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://mhasegawa.com/2013/06/20/the-secretaries-kerry/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://mhasegawa.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/06/cameron-kerry.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Cameron Kerry</image:title><image:caption>Cameron Kerry</image:caption></image:image><lastmod>2013-06-20T13:57:53+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://mhasegawa.com/2013/06/19/the-house-passes-still-another-restiction-on-abortion/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://mhasegawa.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/06/prenatal_development_table_svg.png</image:loc><image:title>Prenatal_development_table_svg</image:title><image:caption>Fetal Viability Chart</image:caption></image:image><lastmod>2013-06-19T17:56:36+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://mhasegawa.com/2013/06/19/sad-but-all-too-true/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://mhasegawa.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/06/anderson.jpg</image:loc><image:title>anderson</image:title></image:image><lastmod>2013-06-19T17:33:42+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://mhasegawa.com/2013/06/18/whats-on-your-money/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://mhasegawa.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/06/lew-sig-old1.jpg</image:loc><image:title>lew-sig old</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://mhasegawa.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/06/lew-sig-old.jpg</image:loc><image:title>lew-sig old</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://mhasegawa.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/06/lew-sig-on-bill.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Lew sig on bill</image:title></image:image><lastmod>2013-06-19T00:49:06+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://mhasegawa.com/2013/06/14/syria-really/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://mhasegawa.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/06/130612_barack_obama_ap_605.jpg</image:loc><image:title>130612_barack_obama_ap_605</image:title></image:image><lastmod>2013-06-14T19:28:03+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://mhasegawa.com/2013/06/12/whistle-blower-maybe-hero-probably-not/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://mhasegawa.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/06/snowden-300x168.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Snowden-300x168</image:title><image:caption>Edward Snowden</image:caption></image:image><lastmod>2013-06-15T17:26:00+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://mhasegawa.com/2013/06/08/surveillance-and-president-obama/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://mhasegawa.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/06/mike_225x315.jpg</image:loc><image:title>mike_225x315</image:title></image:image><lastmod>2013-06-08T11:23:57+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://mhasegawa.com/2013/06/07/red-sox-celtics-and-pride-week-in-boston/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://mhasegawa.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/06/collins-ortiz.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Collins Ortiz</image:title><image:caption>2015 Pride Night at Fenway</image:caption></image:image><lastmod>2013-06-07T22:22:58+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://mhasegawa.com/2013/06/05/putting-the-minimum-wage-in-persective/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://mhasegawa.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/06/wasserman-6-5.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Wasserman 6-5</image:title></image:image><lastmod>2013-06-05T15:59:04+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://mhasegawa.com/2013/06/03/dont-think-ted-cruz-understands-government/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://mhasegawa.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/06/ted-cruz.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Ted Cruz</image:title></image:image><lastmod>2013-06-06T19:10:55+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://mhasegawa.com/2013/05/24/baseball-and-justice-sotomayor-or-flood-v-kuhn-revisited/</loc><lastmod>2013-05-25T02:02:02+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://mhasegawa.com/2013/05/24/republican-suicide-in-virginia/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://mhasegawa.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/05/gop_convention_va.jpg</image:loc><image:title>GOP_Convention_VA</image:title><image:caption>Republican nominee for governor Ken Cuccinelli, right, is joined onstage with the other members of the ticket, including E. W. Jacksonon, second from left.</image:caption></image:image><lastmod>2013-05-24T12:46:13+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://mhasegawa.com/2013/05/23/primary-versus-exclusive/</loc><lastmod>2013-05-23T12:37:09+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://mhasegawa.com/2013/05/22/a-little-humor-for-a-gray-day/</loc><lastmod>2013-05-22T18:09:54+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://mhasegawa.com/2013/05/21/no-drama-obama/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://mhasegawa.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/05/obama.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Obama</image:title><image:caption>President Obama during a news conference in the Rose Garden at the White House, May 16, 2013, in Washington, D.C.</image:caption></image:image><lastmod>2013-05-21T15:22:08+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://mhasegawa.com/2013/05/20/the-problem-with-blogging/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://mhasegawa.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/05/mutts-speak.gif</image:loc><image:title>Mutts Speak</image:title></image:image><lastmod>2013-05-20T15:10:14+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://mhasegawa.com/2013/05/18/leaks-national-security-and-the-press/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://mhasegawa.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/05/holder.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Holder</image:title><image:caption>Attorney General Eric Holder has overseen more leak investigations under Obama than were pursued under Bush</image:caption></image:image><lastmod>2013-05-28T08:04:11+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://mhasegawa.com/2013/05/16/a-nobel-prize-winner-and-questions-about-nagasaki/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://mhasegawa.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/05/shimomura.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Shimomura</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://mhasegawa.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/05/shimomura_autobio_1.jpg</image:loc><image:title>shimomura_autobio_1</image:title><image:caption>Together with my father who returned briefly from Manchuria in 1939. Front row from left: my mother Yukie, grandmother Tsuki, grandfather Kosaburo, father Chikara, younger brother Sadamu, and myself behind Sadamu, together with my uncle Eijiro Sata's family in back row.</image:caption></image:image><lastmod>2013-06-07T02:02:03+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://mhasegawa.com/2013/05/13/taxes-taxes-taxes/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://mhasegawa.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/05/irs.jpg</image:loc><image:title>IRS</image:title><image:caption>Internal Revenue Service Building</image:caption></image:image><lastmod>2013-05-13T19:43:22+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://mhasegawa.com/2013/05/12/lets-define-hypocrisy/</loc><lastmod>2013-05-12T12:04:23+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://mhasegawa.com/2013/05/07/burying-the-dead/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://mhasegawa.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/05/funeral-protesters.jpg</image:loc><image:title>funeral</image:title><image:caption>Protesters outside the funeral home.</image:caption></image:image><lastmod>2013-05-13T12:07:59+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://mhasegawa.com/2013/05/06/voting-for-mvp/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://mhasegawa.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/05/melo.jpg</image:loc><image:title>melo</image:title><image:caption>Gary Washburn voted for Carmelo Anthony based on his importance to the New York Knicks</image:caption></image:image><lastmod>2013-05-06T15:58:35+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://mhasegawa.com/2013/05/05/if-you-have-a-gun/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://mhasegawa.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/05/imhoff.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Imhoff</image:title><image:caption>Gregory Imhoff
(Photograph from online obituary)</image:caption></image:image><lastmod>2013-05-06T11:39:24+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://mhasegawa.com/2013/05/02/and-the-question-is/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://mhasegawa.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/05/roz.gif</image:loc><image:title>Roz</image:title><image:caption>R. Chast, April 29, 2013</image:caption></image:image><lastmod>2013-05-02T21:12:44+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://mhasegawa.com/2013/05/02/change-comes-to-south-boston/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://mhasegawa.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/05/linda-and-madeline.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Linda and Madeline</image:title><image:caption>Linda Dorcena Forry held her daughter Madeline Forry, 2, as she celebrated a possible close victory at Phillips Freeport Tavern in Dorchester. (taken before Nick Collins conceded.)</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://mhasegawa.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/05/sb4.jpg</image:loc><image:title>sb4</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://mhasegawa.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/05/sb2.jpg</image:loc><image:title>sb2</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://mhasegawa.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/05/sb1.jpg</image:loc><image:title>sb1</image:title></image:image><lastmod>2013-05-02T20:58:32+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://mhasegawa.com/2013/04/28/one-year-in-boston/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://mhasegawa.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/04/4-21-strip-kos.png</image:loc><image:title>4-21-strip-KOS</image:title><image:caption>12 Months of Boston</image:caption></image:image><lastmod>2013-04-28T20:50:35+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://mhasegawa.com/2013/04/25/african-americans-dont-need-a-history-lesson-from-rand-paul/</loc><lastmod>2013-04-25T22:40:15+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://mhasegawa.com/2013/04/25/the-dangers-of-tweeting/</loc><lastmod>2013-04-25T16:29:25+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://mhasegawa.com/2013/04/23/local-terrorism-the-third-wave/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://mhasegawa.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/04/silence__1366664350_6051.jpg</image:loc><image:title>silence__1366664350_6051</image:title><image:caption>The moment of silence at 2:50 pm April 22, 2013.  Copley Square.</image:caption></image:image><lastmod>2013-04-23T19:02:23+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://mhasegawa.com/2013/04/22/the-boston-marathon-bombing/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://mhasegawa.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/04/2013-04-22t022128z_01_bks13_rtrmdnp_3_usa-explosions-boston-5601.jpg</image:loc><image:title>2013-04-22T022128Z_01_BKS13_RTRMDNP_3_USA-EXPLOSIONS-BOSTON-5601</image:title><image:caption>Candles for the victims.</image:caption></image:image><lastmod>2013-04-22T17:43:14+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://mhasegawa.com/2013/04/13/what-does-this-mean/</loc><lastmod>2013-04-13T16:17:33+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://mhasegawa.com/2013/04/13/guns-and-cars-the-same-or-different/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://mhasegawa.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/04/tom-registers.gif</image:loc><image:title>Tom registers</image:title></image:image><lastmod>2013-04-13T13:58:40+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://mhasegawa.com/2013/04/12/chained-cpi-explained/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://mhasegawa.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/04/chainedcpi_cuts1.png</image:loc><image:title>chainedcpi_cuts1</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://mhasegawa.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/04/chain-cpi-taxes.png</image:loc><image:title>Chain CPI taxes</image:title><image:caption>Notice the group getting the biggest tax hike is families making between $30,000 and $40,000 a year. Their increase is almost six times that faced by millionaires.</image:caption></image:image><lastmod>2013-04-12T22:24:36+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://mhasegawa.com/2013/04/12/just-sayin/</loc><lastmod>2013-04-12T16:48:22+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://mhasegawa.com/2013/04/10/the-doomsday-clock/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://mhasegawa.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/04/martyl.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Martyl</image:title><image:caption>Martyl Langsdorf</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://mhasegawa.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/04/1947-cover.jpg</image:loc><image:title>1947 cover</image:title></image:image><lastmod>2013-04-10T21:08:59+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://mhasegawa.com/2013/04/07/50-years-since-the-submarine-thresher-was-lost/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://mhasegawa.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/04/thresher.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Thresher</image:title><image:caption>The submaine Thresher the day before the dive.</image:caption></image:image><lastmod>2013-04-07T16:53:42+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://mhasegawa.com/2013/04/07/sheep-in-the-city/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://mhasegawa.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/04/sheep.png</image:loc><image:title>sheep</image:title><image:caption>One of the Paris sheep.</image:caption></image:image><lastmod>2013-04-07T14:52:22+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://mhasegawa.com/2013/04/04/the-nra-shield-for-schools/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://mhasegawa.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/04/gun-safety-map.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Gun safety map</image:title></image:image><lastmod>2013-04-04T18:58:07+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://mhasegawa.com/2013/04/03/energy-keystone-and-climate-change/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://mhasegawa.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/04/tar-sands.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Tar sands</image:title><image:caption>TAR SANDS: At least 170 billion barrels of oil could be extracted from Alberta's oil sands deposits with today's technology. 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