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Reactions to debt deal range from ‘Nice going’ to ‘How could you?’

One reader writes, "Political leaders have shown the extremists at both ends of the political spectrum that their agendas will not prevail." Another writes, "The negotiation has made many needy people more likely to fall through not cracks but holes in our safety net."

A new life for the vintage nurse romance novel

Some years later, I found myself considering careers I could do anywhere and thought of Cherry Ames.

That ‘ideal world’ is now: Expand the bottle bill, lawmakers

Voters rejected the expansion of the bottle bill — almost 10 years ago, by the way — in part because the bottlers spent almost $10 million promising "better, more efficient ways to increase recycling."

We can do our part to lower death toll on the roads

"Whether I’m driving or out for a walk, I see a lot of drivers with a phone in their hand," writes one read. Another adds, "Pedestrians often wear dark outer garments, especially in winter. These materials reflect practically no light."

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We can do our part to lower death toll on the roads
"Whether I’m driving or out for a walk, I see a lot of drivers with a phone in their hand," writes one read. Another adds, "Pedestrians often wear dark outer garments, especially in winter. These materials reflect practically no light."

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Don’t demonize parents of children served, indeed saved, by skin shock
We love our children and have discovered that this therapy allows them to live as happy a life as possible. My own son has finally been freed from behaviors so self-destructive he would no longer be alive.

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Can MCAS be improved? Curbed? Learned from? All of the above?

If 20 years haven’t brought us to where we want to be, then we need to think about changing things.

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When artificial intelligence meets real people

As one reader writes, "I’m all for exploring new ideas, but in the case of AI, a little caution may be called for."

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Academia has an obligation to build tenure track for faculty of color

Demands on faculty of color are often far greater than on white professors like me, and they include regularly being asked to appear in public relations materials and speak at campus events and being called upon to provide personal counseling to large numbers of students.

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Pigs will be kept in larger crates but their suffering will persist

We commodify sentient beings that experience fear and pain. In addition to gestational crates, female pigs are subjected to other cruel practices.

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The burning solar question: Where to place the infrastructure?

One reader writes, "So many people say they want to stop climate change, but when facilities are proposed [they] say: Put it somewhere else." Another writes, "Rural communities are targeted by developers, threatening our open spaces and farmland."

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We should be thinking now about EVs’ radio frequency interference

In a decade or two the amount of aggregate radio frequency interference caused by electric vehicles could become a serious issue.

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Nurses cite links between unsafe practices, medical errors

Massachusetts nurses have been sounding the alarm about medical errors for decades. We know that not having enough time with patients can jeopardize care quality.

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With time short, a debt deal inches forward

Having a debt limit in the first place makes little sense to many of us, but it gives Washington a chance to concoct a crisis for itself, which it then heroically solves.