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In defense of the Anti-Defamation League

What the ADL is saying is that many people today are using opposition to Israel as a fig leaf for antisemitic prejudice.

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Colette A.m. Phillips

The truth about our aging ears

Hearing loss is an indisputable sign of aging, and the fix is going to show.

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Karen Stabiner

How the Hermit Kingdom forces its people to work in Chinese factories

North Koreans aren’t just fighting in Ukraine for Russia. They are also forced to work in seafood processing plants in China.

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Marcella Boehler

Viewpoint diversity isn’t a partisan rallying cry — it’s a scholarly one

It is not used to elevate a particular ideology but to restore the culture of open inquiry that allows academic knowledge to progress.

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John Tomasi

A life free of worry

Here was a life full of security — so lucky and so rare — without any worry that rebellion would drive his mother away.

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Elissa Ely

Soft power delivers big returns, but Trump is slashing it anyway

What may look like savings through layoffs and grant rescissions will in fact cost billions in lost trade, weakened alliances, and diminished...

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Linda J. Bilmes

How Ozzy Osbourne helped me navigate my grief

Ozzy was a middle-aged dad befuddled by his kids, his wife, the passage of time and, mostly, himself — a lot like my father.

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Renée Graham

Massachusetts’ sinking reading scores should be a five-alarm fire on Beacon Hill

Some of the strongest pushback against state literacy requirements has come from Massachusetts’ wealthiest communities.

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Carine Hajjar

I was a bar advocate for 27 years. Here’s why I had to quit.

I can say with certainty: Justice isn’t just blind — it’s also broken.

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Veronica J. White

Josh Kraft is defining himself — the wrong way

He has not been able to make his case in a way that makes a difference in the Boston mayoral race.

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Joan Vennochi

In Mexico City, two icons of Cuban repression are banished

Statues of Fidel Castro and ‘Che’ Guevara head to the dustbin of history.

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Jeff Jacoby

Is Stephen Colbert’s ‘Late Show’ cancellation really about money, or something more?

It’s another political capitulation in the Trump era.

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Jill Abramson

Two writers on the MAGA revolt over Jeffrey Epstein

What will Trump’s base think of him now?

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Seven years, three OUIs: Does the State House have a drinking problem?

Alcoholism is a disease. Drunken driving is a dangerous choice.

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Shira Schoenberg

NPR loses. The First Amendment wins.

A free press thrives when it stands on its own feet, not on the public dole.

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Jeff Jacoby

A ‘kiss cam,’ a cheating couple, and a needed helping of accountability

Oh look — people held responsible for their reckless actions. More, please.

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Renée Graham

I served on the federal bench. Emil Bove is unfit to be a judge.

Bove won’t follow the law. He will follow the president.

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Nancy Gertner