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Jeff Jacoby

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The high cost of ‘I’m glad he’s dead’

The high cost of ‘I’m glad he’s dead’

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The high cost of ‘I’m glad he’s dead’

The high cost of ‘I’m glad he’s dead’

Trump celebrates Mueller’s death, and nobody is surprised.

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The line even the Know Nothings didn’t cross

The line even the Know Nothings didn’t cross

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The line even the Know Nothings didn’t cross

The line even the Know Nothings didn’t cross

It is hard to overstate just how radical Trump’s position is on birthright citizenship.

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Hooked on power

Hooked on power

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Hooked on power

Hooked on power

Can neuroscience explain why politicians like Bill Galvin won’t quit?

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A language that won’t stand still

A language that won’t stand still

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A language that won’t stand still

A language that won’t stand still

A clever experiment shows how quickly English turns strange — and why that’s part of its charm.

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Magical thinking about the Equal Rights Amendment

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Magical thinking about the Equal Rights Amendment

The ERA was never ratified. A federal judge in Boston is being asked to say it was.

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No, ‘E Pluribus Unum’ isn’t a lie

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No, ‘E Pluribus Unum’ isn’t a lie

A Tennessee congressman’s anti-Muslim screed is vile. His attack on pluralism itself is worse.

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Beacon Hill can’t stand it when voters change the law

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Beacon Hill can’t stand it when voters change the law

The House speaker sneers when he's asked if he approves of ballot initiatives.

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When a tyrant dies, decent people rejoice

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When a tyrant dies, decent people rejoice

The ayatollah is gone. The people he terrorized have every reason to dance.

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The testing of Dennis Prager

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The testing of Dennis Prager

There is something almost paradoxical about describing a paralyzed and bedridden man's cheerfulness as heroic.

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Nativism is a bipartisan American temptation

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Nativism is a bipartisan American temptation

In 1975, Gerald Ford defied an anti-immigrant backlash to welcome South Vietnamese refugees.

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Belichick wasn’t snubbed at taxpayer expense

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Belichick wasn’t snubbed at taxpayer expense

The Pro Football Hall of Fame picks its inductees on its own dime. Political parties should pick their nominees the same way.

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When a president clung fiercely to the rule of law

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When a president clung fiercely to the rule of law

William Howard Taft’s patriotic restraint cost him a dear friend — and his hold on the White House.

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Who gets to tell Black history?

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Who gets to tell Black history?

A public library canceled a performance by a white actress who wanted to honor Harriet Tubman.

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FDR was right about the trouble with public-sector unions

Taxpayers don't have a real seat at the table when there is collective bargaining with the government.

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Massachusetts keeps losing residents. That’s a choice.

When tens of thousands of people leave year after year, they’re answering a question with their feet.

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Why ‘Zionist’ is still a living word

The word expresses more than assent to Israel’s legitimacy; it is a term of affirmation.

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Must the public square be secular?

A legal battle over two statues in Quincy raises the question of whether anything recognizably religious belongs in public life.

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The immigration crackdown that’s breaking the GOP

Trump put the great replacement theory to the test, with grim results.

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The drawing that killed my father’s family

What a pristine Nazi blueprint reveals about professional complicity in genocide.

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The Founding Fathers warned this could happen

Again and again, they said the Constitution couldn’t protect a people who abandoned virtue.

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Three rides in a Waymo and I was taking driverless cars for granted

The hardest part of new technology? Remembering to be amazed.

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From two midwives in Egypt to Martin Luther King

Decent people must sometimes choose between obedience and justice.

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When America votes in the UN General Assembly, it ratifies a charade

A better approach: Remain at the table, but never cast a General Assembly vote.

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The real secret to creative work

There’s no point in waiting for inspiration. Ritual or routine won’t unlock it. The ticking clock will.

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Trump’s ego isn’t just unpresidential. It’s un-Republican.

A GOP tradition of self-restraint and personal modesty has given way to a presidency built on self-worship.

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Dallas builds highways. Boston builds gridlock.

The contrast between Dallas and Boston isn’t just anecdotal. It shows up clearly in the numbers.

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On Christmas night, America’s fate hung in the balance

How a desperate river crossing in 1776 revived a revolution that seemed all but lost.

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Would Jesus be safe in a synagogue today?

The golden age has been replaced by a grim new reality in which antisemitism is being normalized with terrifying speed.

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Potty-mouthing in American life doesn’t signal ‘authenticity.’ It signals decay.

As our political speech gets cruder, our democracy grows meaner.

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Citizenship by birth is America at its best

A principle rooted in the Constitution and reinforced by long experience cannot be undone at a president’s whim.

10.12.2025 20

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From Mark Twain’s Mugwumps to today’s Never Trumpers

How fortunate the Republican Party once was to have within its ranks a critic so unwilling to pretend that wrong was right simply because his party...

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The ‘two-state solution’ is an article of faith, not a path to peace

Oct. 7 showed how delusional it is.

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My long quest for a second language

Italian remains a beginner’s project. But slow enjoyment turns out to be more effective than fast frustration, and I’ll take that trade any day.

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Trump’s Ukraine peace plan makes Russia great again

As Trump squeezes Ukraine to accept defeat on Putin’s terms, he makes America weaker and less respected.

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When two families say ‘I do’

A marriage binds households into a wider circle of kin, giving children more people to count on.

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The awkward Thanksgiving of O. Henry’s ‘two gentlemen’

In a classic short story, two flawed men show how generosity — even when executed badly — can enlarge the soul.

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The Allston Car Wash raid and what it means to be a neighbor

The raid was harsh. The self-righteousness of a College Republican was worse.

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