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Blue Mass. Group without comments would be unthinkable.  What makes this site interesting (at least to me) is the animated, passionate, and sometimes startlingly well-informed discussions that the posts engender.  I've learned far more from the comments than I have from writing my own posts, and I have no doubt that that will continue.

The same cannot be said, however, for the comments sections at the Globe's site.  Almost any article about local politics -- today's example is another depressing article about "friends" of Dianne Wilkerson who gave her "personal gifts" of $10,000 -- results in a totally predictable cavalcade of angry commentary along these lines:

another cabinet member for barack obama.