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Causation, correlation, both? Let’s act.

Very often correlation has heuristic value in generating research that deals with the more complex statistical process of establishing a causal link between two variable phenomena.

When public radio salaries go public
This is public radio that I have happily supported for decades. I once considered donating my car during a pledge break at the station.

Tell me again what the Ten Commandments say
I have a question for Louisiana.

It’s not the economy, it’s the politics

After more than 40 years of extreme tax cuts for wealthy individuals and corporations, radical deregulation, and a host of anti-worker and anti-”middle class” policies, why is anyone surprised that Americans feel stressed and angry about their prospects?

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When Trooper Michael Proctor took the stand
Michael Proctor may turn out to be largely responsible for losing the prosecutor’s case.

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Nice guys finish first
They all proved that you can be a nice guy and still finish on top.

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Consider these prescriptions to the primary care crisis
"The health care delivery and public health systems should be functioning as a team," write two stakeholders. Another writes, "Advanced practice professionals could significantly alleviate the primary care clinician shortage."

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Case of 15-year-old girl’s killing was mislabeled as a romance
An eighth-grader cannot consent to being the "girlfriend" of a 21-year-old adult.

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Mass. sees a drop in opioid-related death rates but no letup in harm

As the Legislature tackles the opioid epidemic in the final months of its session, we hope lawmakers give public health officials every tool to take a comprehensive approach.

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Celtics won the heart of this lifelong Brooklynite early on

My father took me to a Knicks-Celtics game at Madison Square Garden. My biggest impression was seeing a Bill Russell to Bob Cousy fast break. That ball movement became my ideal vision of teamwork.

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Mass. won’t solve its housing crisis without curbing rent hikes

We must not abandon residents to the whims of predatory real estate speculators, especially during the decades it will take to make the housing market more affordable.

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Long-term deed limits are key to prevent spread of gentrification

With fixed mortgage costs — and without the speculative increases faced by renters — these homeowners can build wealth through ongoing cost savings.

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In Western Mass., energy policy looms over local habitat, land use

In my town of Wendell, a hill town with a population of around 900, a battery storage facility has been proposed in critical habitat near 2,000 acres of wetland and forest sanctuary.

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Fate of transfer tax is (an opaque) window into House’s workings

Whatever House members may actually think about the transfer tax — and whatever their constituents may think — they have a huge financial incentive not to buck leadership.

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Parents, students, teachers should be at center of BPS school plans

We call on the city to commit to at least three new or fully renovated school buildings annually until all schools are up-to-date.

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Turning ‘It Can’t Happen Here’ up a notch

America has been complacent for far too long. It’s time to wake up to a very real threat facing this country.