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Jeff JacobyBoston Globe |
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Trump celebrates Mueller’s death, and nobody is surprised.
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It is hard to overstate just how radical Trump’s position is on birthright citizenship.
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Can neuroscience explain why politicians like Bill Galvin won’t quit?
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A clever experiment shows how quickly English turns strange — and why that’s part of its charm.
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The ERA was never ratified. A federal judge in Boston is being asked to say it was.
A Tennessee congressman’s anti-Muslim screed is vile. His attack on pluralism itself is worse.
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The House speaker sneers when he's asked if he approves of ballot initiatives.
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The ayatollah is gone. The people he terrorized have every reason to dance.
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There is something almost paradoxical about describing a paralyzed and bedridden man's cheerfulness as heroic.
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In 1975, Gerald Ford defied an anti-immigrant backlash to welcome South Vietnamese refugees.
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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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William Howard Taft’s patriotic restraint cost him a dear friend — and his hold on the White House.
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A public library canceled a performance by a white actress who wanted to honor Harriet Tubman.
Taxpayers don't have a real seat at the table when there is collective bargaining with the government.
When tens of thousands of people leave year after year, they’re answering a question with their feet.
The word expresses more than assent to Israel’s legitimacy; it is a term of affirmation.
A legal battle over two statues in Quincy raises the question of whether anything recognizably religious belongs in public life.
Trump put the great replacement theory to the test, with grim results.
What a pristine Nazi blueprint reveals about professional complicity in genocide.
Again and again, they said the Constitution couldn’t protect a people who abandoned virtue.
The hardest part of new technology? Remembering to be amazed.
Decent people must sometimes choose between obedience and justice.
A better approach: Remain at the table, but never cast a General Assembly vote.
There’s no point in waiting for inspiration. Ritual or routine won’t unlock it. The ticking clock will.
A GOP tradition of self-restraint and personal modesty has given way to a presidency built on self-worship.
The contrast between Dallas and Boston isn’t just anecdotal. It shows up clearly in the numbers.
How a desperate river crossing in 1776 revived a revolution that seemed all but lost.
The golden age has been replaced by a grim new reality in which antisemitism is being normalized with terrifying speed.
As our political speech gets cruder, our democracy grows meaner.
A principle rooted in the Constitution and reinforced by long experience cannot be undone at a president’s whim.
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...
Oct. 7 showed how delusional it is.
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.
As Trump squeezes Ukraine to accept defeat on Putin’s terms, he makes America weaker and less respected.
A marriage binds households into a wider circle of kin, giving children more people to count on.
In a classic short story, two flawed men show how generosity — even when executed badly — can enlarge the soul.
The raid was harsh. The self-righteousness of a College Republican was worse.