Thinking that Matters: Ideas and opinions presented by @wbur, Boston's @npr news station.

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Joined July 2012
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WBUR senior correspondent and host Deb Becker remembers her unlikely friend Larry Clifford, who died in February at the age of 89. "We didn’t always agree," writes Becker, "but kindness and fairness were what mattered to Larry." wbur.fm/4sOxtOW
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Donald Trump likes to blame blue states, including Massachusetts, for starting the gerrymandering wars, writes political scientist Austin Sarat. Unsurprisingly, he’s wrong on the facts. wbur.fm/42025BP
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Subscribe to our weekly newsletter, out every Sunday. You'll get our best essays of the week and a thoughtful note from our editors. wbur.org/opinion/section/cog…
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Read more about @WBUR CEO Margaret Low’s thinking behind the decision to leave the platform. wbur.org/inside/2023/04/12/a…
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"There was no shortage of people who had noticed the Tsarnaev family’s radicalization. But the only available resource at the time -- law enforcement -- was (and continues to be) largely inadequate for preventive purposes." wbur.org/cognoscenti/2023/04…
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"The first time I watched the Boston Marathon, the runners passing by my spot at the foot of Heartbreak Hill seemed superhuman," writes Tova Mirvis. "I could no more imagine running 26.2 miles than I could envision flying." wbur.org/cognoscenti/2023/04…
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A study of 42,000 U.S., Canadian and British college students found that the percentage of perfectionists among them doubled between 1989 and 2016, which the researchers chalked up to cultural emphasis on “competitive individualism.” wbur.fm/3o0ly4k
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“A song changes when it meets a band,” writes @JoannaWeiss. “It grows and moves into unexpected places, just like a friendship. And it always gets better.” wbur.fm/3mfrMwN
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A national poll finds that a majority of Americans have felt the effects of gun violence in their personal lives. wbur.fm/3KRHVSB
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"There was no shortage of people who had noticed the Tsarnaev family’s radicalization. But the only available resource at the time -- law enforcement -- was (and continues to be) largely inadequate for preventive purposes." wbur.org/cognoscenti/2023/04…
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Massachusetts joins a handful of other states stocking up on abortion pills amid competing federal court decisions about whether they are legal. wbur.fm/3Gxkv2d
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