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That’s Tom. Brady. That’s B as in boy, R as in retired, A as in actually . . .

From the sidelines, readers have much to say about Tom Brady's decision to cut his retirement short and return for another season.

Get to heart of why Capitol Police didn’t gird for Jan. 6 riot

If antifa demonstrators had arrived in the same numbers, the Capitol Police would have been perfectly capable of responding "effectively and efficiently" to the "threat environment."

The world bears witness to unfolding war crimes

Putin can be characterized as nothing other than a war criminal. This has been a completely unprovoked, manufactured crisis.

Given housing woes, no wonder Newton school enrollment is dropping

As a third-generation Newtonite, I’m disappointed that the city’s land use policies continue to make it difficult for young families to call Newton home.

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Public, or at least shared, transportation: our great connector
We passengers all got quiet listening to the snake report as we rumbled along.

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Still measuring the weight of Tsarnaev’s punishment
It is long overdue for the federal government to join our allied nations and a growing number of states by abolishing capital punishment.

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From left, Kimberly Blandon, Ross Evans, and Jennifer Aleman protest in Miami on March 9 in front of the office of Republican state Senator Ileana Garcia.

In Fla., sexual orientation, gender being made subject for debate but not classroom

It is in children’s nature to attempt to form an understanding of the world in which we live, and it is the duty of educators to guide that understanding, not suppress it.

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Crystal Sorey, the mother of Harmony Montgomery, who has been missing for the past two years, leaves the Department of Children and Families office in Haverhill on Feb. 3 after putting in a request for Harmony’s paperwork.

Another child tragedy, another case of the state reacting without thinking

Let’s break the cycle of reaction to horrific public cases and develop a plan to improve this system for the thousands of children and families affected by it.

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The University of Massachusetts Boston.

UMass Boston’s idea of a new mission statement is astonishingly wrongheaded

Of course diversity is important, but not as the principal, driving objective of a university.

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An image of 3 different editions of the Globe's front page each with a different headline related to the outcome of the Gore vs. Bush election.

The paper marks its 150th year

My first introduction to your paper was in April 1945. The newspaper was sitting on the floor of our house, and the headline informed us that President Roosevelt had died.

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A couple walks towards the "Mirror Field" audio-visual installation at the Babyn Yar Holocaust Memorial Center in Kyiv on Sept. 14, 2021.

Our collective Holocaust memory, preserved yet fragile

Ukraine is a part of the world community of Holocaust remembrance. Whatever the outcome of their present tragedy, that credit to the nation’s integrity will not be lost.

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Some find pitch for financial longevity a little grating

It is urgent that the financially sick improve their life chances, but this is rarely a matter of taking more personal responsibility.

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A warning is seen on an electric rat trap that was placed along the bike path in Somerville.

Somerville’s rat population deserves better

As long as the conditions that attract rodents remain — particularly the free buffet that humans leave out for them by improperly disposing of food and garbage — more rats will move in to take the place of those who were killed.

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Ralph Deas waited at the Bowdoin Street Health Center in Boston to get a COVID-19 test on Jan. 6.

Hard hit by both COVID and inequity

Racial inequities in COVID-19 care extend long trends in health care.