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Ashish K. Jha and Thomas C. Tsai -- End the policies that protect hospital monopolies -- From payment distortions to certificate-of-need laws, government rules often reward consolidation and block new entrants. Reforming them would spur competition and lower costs.

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EDITORIAL -- With Iran attack, Trump abandons a core tenet of his foreign policy -- The government in Tehran is thuggish. But the president who denounced nation building is now calling for regime change without real planning.

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Eugene R. Fidell -- Another strike on Iran, another constitutional breach -- Trump's latest use of force bypasses Congress and tests the limits of executive war-making power — while legislators fail to assert their authority.

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Anatomy of yet another State Police scandal -- Yet another State Police scandal threatens to upend a homicide case.

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Is Mass. really an educational leader when reading scores lag behind Mississippi? -- While the Commonwealth likes to think of itself as an educational leader, reading scores for students from disadvantaged backgrounds are lower here than some less affluent states.

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RENÉE GRAHAM -- One week, two very different portraits of Britain's disintegrating royal family -- The family is again tending to its own self-inflicted wounds, as details of Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor's transgressions deepen.

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JOAN VENNOCHI -- Trump's State of the Union message: Fear still sells -- Trump is betting that stoking outrage over immigrants and demonizing Democrats will once again outweigh voter anxiety about prices, jobs, and his own record.

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Richard Florida and Carlo Ratti -- Beyond the 'tourists go home' signs -- Protests in Barcelona and policy shifts in Amsterdam signal a reckoning with overtourism. The deeper question: What actually makes a city distinct?

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Nada Bakri -- The coat that put me in my place -- At my son's elite school, a casual joke was mistaken for a plea for help — and revealed how quickly immigrants can be misread.

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Joan Wickersham -- Being one of many in the crowd -- In moments of grief, celebration, and protest, being one more body in the room can mean more than we realize.

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Alex Beam -- Why hasn't the United States been banned from international sports? -- America has violated the territorial sovereignty of Iran and Venezuela, two United Nations members — and Olympic and FIFA competitors.

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We need smart online gambling regulation -- The Bettor Health Act curbs sports betting's harms.

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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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Rage over a lost penny -- The president wanted to look bold by eliminating the penny. But shouldn't the administration have planned ahead for the consequences?

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The right's immune system is finally fighting back against antisemitism. Maybe. -- A backlash from conservatives against right-wing influencers is a rare sign of hope.

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The Wild Issue -- This special edition of Globe Ideas goes to mountaintops, rivers, urban parks, and open fields to unearth surprising stories about what nature means today.

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The Revolution lives on -- 250 years later, the fight for American independence is still full of surprising stories and unresolved questions. Explore them in this special issue of Globe Ideas.

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Blueprints for a new downtown Boston -- It's time to reimagine the identity of the city's core — and we've got ideas.

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