IDEAS | SEBASTIAN JUNGER -- Sebastian Junger on the seven lives lost aboard Gloucester's Lily Jean -- The oldest fishing port in America suffers another tragedy that is almost too much to bear.

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EDITORIAL -- The Back Bay house cost $21 million. So why was it only taxed at $12.5 million? -- High-end Boston buyers are getting a break on taxes, not so much those buying starter homes.

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Jill Abramson -- At the Washington Post, a mortal wound -- The Post's excellence once inspired great work across the profession. Eliminating a third of its staff is a real blow to journalism.

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IDEAS | Alex Kantrowitz -- The AI social network is bonkers -- When bots started talking to one another on Moltbook, things got very strange very fast.

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EDITORIAL -- The budgets for the bus go up and up -- Cities and towns across Massachusetts are struggling with higher school transportation costs.

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IDEAS | BARBARA WALLRAFF -- May I have a word: Ice blockades -- They're temporary features of our local landscape, but they stick around long enough to demand a name.

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KEVIN ZHANG -- To the person who slashed my tires -- It's been two weeks since the big storm, and the city should be aggressively removing space savers to prevent more stories like this one.

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Most insurance claim denials are due to clerical error. The system needs to be simplified. -- New data show 81 percent of claims denials are made for administrative reasons.

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Losing PhD students means losing the future -- Trump's budget cuts could harm the pipeline for research and industry jobs — and send talented students to other countries.

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Massachusetts can't stop ICE. But it can help its vulnerable immigrant population. -- Governor moves to protect the state's immigrant population amid growing concern over another ICE "surge."

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JEFF JACOBY -- 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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RENÉE GRAHAM -- Trump and the racism that binds him to his followers -- The president's refusal to apologize for a disgusting video that targeted the Obamas is his valentine to his base.

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JOAN VENNOCHI -- Some non-football, post-Super Bowl thoughts -- You have thoughts about the game, just as I do.

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JEFF JACOBY -- 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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Grace Moreno, Zoila Gomez, and Claudia Quintero -- Healey draws a line against ICE overreach -- She is defending due process and public safety for immigrants and non-immigrants alike.

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Ashish K. Jha -- Competition and health care: Bigger isn't always better -- Bigger health systems promised efficiency. Instead, they delivered higher prices and fewer options for patients.

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Eugene Scott -- Has Trump protected religion — or just politicized it? -- Trump's actions are examples of what millions of Americans, especially young people, can point to as reasons they have turned away from religion.

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A death overnight in the freezing cold outside South Station -- "Ultimately the health of our community depends on the quality of life of all of its members," writes one reader.

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His valued clerkship with judge doesn't square with misconduct complaint -- Wolf expected lawyers and clerks alike to assist the court with precision, integrity, and candor. I viewed that expectation not as hostility but rather as professionalism.

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The brutal work, the tragic loss, and the indisputable call of the sea -- Brian MacQuarrie's "In Gloucester, a familiar grief" rang several loud bells for me, a lifelong saltwater sport fisherman now well into my 70s.

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Male college students feel judged? Try growing up female. -- What did he think was going to happen — someone might disagree with him?

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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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ICE's growing surveillance state

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Bad Bunny, ICE, and the Super Bowl

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Malden's backdoor effort to stifle cannabis shops fails in court

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Russia's million-man war in Ukraine

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The addictive danger of sports betting

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CHRISTOPHER WEYANT -- Getting the gold

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WILL DOWD -- Remembering Jane Goodall

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SAGE STOSSEL -- When Vikings ruled Boston

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Everything I needed to know about work and life ... I learned selling sneakers -- This isn't a story about sneakerheads. This is about what working in 1980s Toronto retail taught me about empathy, resilience, and paying attention.

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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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Calluses: True stories from an ICU -- An ICU nurse explores the similarities between bedside manner and the hard calluses developed when learning to play guitar in this interactive comic.

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The Wisdom Issue: How to grow old — without getting old -- Writers of a certain age on the challenges, delights, surprises, preoccupations, and freedoms of growing older.

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True stories from an ICU: Was it right to keep their sister alive? -- An illustrated opinion piece that explores the emotional impact of hospice care on ICU nurses and hospital employees.

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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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When accidents happen: True stories from an ICU nurse -- An interactive comic that explores how medical mistakes can happen in the chaotic environment of an ICU.

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Not so fast, fashion -- How to be fashionable and equitable while saving the planet from climate change.

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