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JEFF JACOBY -- 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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Jane Hoffman -- The robber barons are back. Here's what we should do about it. -- Like their 19th-century counterparts, today's tech titans provide us with innovations that make life both unimaginably better and unthinkably worse.

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Roland Merullo -- The damage, the decency, and the long way West -- As Trump's America frays, a cross-country drive reveals how ordinary people endure economic upheaval and moral exhaustion.

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In Mass. the deck is stacked against new housing -- Cardinal Bernard Law spoke in 2001 of our "moral imperative" to make housing more affordable — a lofty statement that has had little if any impact among many of our 351 communities.

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Trump brings offshore wind projects to a screeching halt -- Putting 4,000 Massachusetts workers' jobs at risk to dismantle renewable projects during the winter holidays is a Scrooge move of epic proportions.

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Why Gish Jen talks to the dead -- The writer's new novel "Bad Bad Girl" blends truth and fiction to dissect the cultural divide between mother and daughter.

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A Boston veteran's 57-year journey to find peace -- Kevin Cullen shares the story of one Boston veteran who spent decades finding peace after a devastating experience in Vietnam.

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