Boston Globe Ideas

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“‘Choosin’ Texas’ reminds us that in life, as in art, many things can be true at the same time. We can be sad and angry and also want to dance. We can disagree about politics and clank longnecks at the local watering hole,” writes @erinoz80. https://t.co/hmh5eBFwUa

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Have aliens come to Earth? The evidence collected over three-quarters of a century is just not strong enough to support the claim of contact with extraterrestrial intelligence, writes @michaelshermer in #GlobeIdeas. https://t.co/rAXHFT2bkB

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Bret Stephens is clearly not terribly interested in reading any of the books on the lists he writes about, even as he suggests they’re designed to make white men like him feel bad, writes Kate Tuttle in #GlobeIdeas. https://t.co/gtJebWP6jX

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“As 1970s-era Cornell students, we were also working to dispel the myths that, in short, women are responsible for the crimes against them,” writes a reader in #GlobeLetters. “In 50 years, things have not changed for the better.” https://t.co/DeQi41I18c

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As colleges inevitably close in the years ahead, perhaps the expansion of larger, financially strong universities across multiple geographies will lead to a more robust higher education sector overall, writes @michaelbhorn in #CollegeTown. https://t.co/QY2avEFOZ0

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The willingness to be a loser every once in a while can lead to extraordinary things, writes Jason Anthony in #GlobeIdeas. https://t.co/sswoKu5cKj

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Some of us have been acknowledging strangers now and again for some time, offering salutations to oncoming walkers, writes @MilesPerHoward in #GlobeIdeas. But even for me, regularly choosing to offer a gesture of acknowledgment required a mental shift. https://t.co/prx9Oj5tQL

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On the Hancock Tower’s 50th birthday, let’s pause to celebrate a genuine Boston icon, which not only inspires with its grace, but teaches a valuable lesson in perseverance and attention to detail, writes Ted Widmer in #GlobeIdeas. https://t.co/LMZEAUzp16

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Ultimately, no matter how well a criminal justice system is designed, it will always fall short in some cases, and the pardon power is the last recourse when all else has failed, writes @abdallah_fayyad in #GlobeIdeas. https://t.co/FvSObyfkf6

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“I’m not an asshole, but sometimes I acted like one,” says Matt Siegal on #SayMore.

Listen to the episode: https://t.co/kth2Z1eknT

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For much of the past half-century, Britain and America were bound together not only by history, language, and military alliances, but by a remarkably similar understanding of how an economy should be governed, writes @TWMunson in #GlobeIdeas. https://t.co/fnvolBYp33

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“The Nobel prize should really go to a New England novelist few in their right mind would bet on,” writes @TheoZenou in #GlobeIdeas. “Yes, I’m talking about Stephen King, the author of 67 novels and 12 story collections.” https://t.co/BCuiEoYOp7

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“I care about trans people, and I love one in particular in my close family. What LGBTQ rights groups are doing to these folks with this unrelenting message that death is waiting for them around every corner is not healthy,” writes @DavidMastio. https://t.co/3efmjkrVQr

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If students had broader practice in how to best use AI, they could better learn how to build important patient-doctor relationships, writes Sophia Li in #GlobeIdeas. https://t.co/MTlrjYfRhw

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Artificial intelligence and biology are not two distant technological revolutions moving along parallel tracks. They have already begun to intersect, and that is dangerous, writes @AnnieJacobsen in #GlobeIdeas. https://t.co/sKzKsn4De0

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“The Constitution is 239 years old as of this week. As we celebrate it alongside 250 years of independence, we should reclaim our power to interpret its words through the representatives we elect to Congress,” write Nikolas Bowie and Daphna Renan. https://t.co/vHQeZXR5rF

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Stadium owners have the right to decide who gets to perform at their venues. The problem is how dishonest their criticism of Macklemore is — and how intolerant they seem of any kind of speech that criticizes Israel, writes @abdallah_fayyad in #GlobeIdeas. https://t.co/P2DW1m5cXZ

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Only by ignoring every serious scholar and intelligence analyst was it possible for Trump to delude himself into thinking that Iran was a soft target, writes @stephenkinzer in #GlobeIdeas. In fact, the opposite is true. https://t.co/LVum5cEKWB

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“If an insurer refused to cover routine cancer monitoring and a patient died from a malignancy, we would know where to look for responsibility,” writes David H. Rosmarin in #GlobeIdeas. “Mental health deserves a similar standard.” https://t.co/K2rEcZyHkG

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Criminal justice reform requires more than just one commissioner or department implementing changes here and there, writes @abdallah_fayyad in #GlobeIdeas. https://t.co/Rqpm9JkxaD