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IDEAS | STEPHEN KINZER -- Trump should have listened to Obama about Iran -- The war is the president's attempt to solve a problem of his own making.

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Bus lanes on Blue Hill Avenue still make sense -- Views are split in Mattapan about the long-discussed project. Now the city needs to decide who it's going to disappoint.

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Trump's dollar coin is pathetic -- And if he gets away with it, expect future presidents to follow suit.

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RIGHT, LEFT, AND CENTER -- If a chatbot wrote this, would you read it? -- We asked our three writers to say a bit about how they use — or avoid — AI, and what future it might have for our profession.

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Shira Schoenberg -- Why don't Newton's most disabled schoolchildren have an accessible playground? -- Parents organize to seek accessibility renovations.

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JOAN VENNOCHI -- Pope Leo XIV meets a moment of moral hunger -- Rising attendance and new converts reflect a search for meaning in a culture unsettled by politics and disconnection.

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Andrea Silbert -- What my son's college choice says about Jewish students today -- Families are looking south for campuses where students can fully thrive.

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Sharon Burke -- Food is a strategic frontier – and China knows it -- After dominating rare earths, Beijing is applying the same long-term strategy to agriculture — with global consequences.

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Watchdog on Boston budget crunch: Don't say we didn't warn you -- The Boston Policy Institute has spent more than two years warning Boston City Hall about falling revenue.

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State should follow Boston's lead on preventing worker deaths -- On Workers' Memorial Day in front of the State House people will read the names of workers who were killed in the past year.

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Another military leader shamefully dismissed under the Hegseth regime -- General Randy George, the Army's chief of staff, is at least the 13th senior military officer to have been forced out under the man who styles himself "secretary of war."

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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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