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Marcela García

Tu perro, tú y la playa. ¡Perfecto!

8 playas públicas para ir con tu perro en Massachusetts.
Marcela García

8 dog-friendly beaches in Massachusetts

Let the dog days of summer begin!
Renée Graham

Frederick Douglass’s “What to the Slave is the Fourth of July?”

I devoted this week’s entire "Outtakes" newsletter to excerpts from one of the greatest speeches in American history.
Joan Wickersham

I hate Smart Reply, and I’m not turning it off

It doesn’t care how the writer thinks or what the recipient feels. It blows people off with a kind of staggeringly bland algorithmic sang-froid.

op-eds

Biden needs a full medical evaluation

Voters deserve to know the results.
Scott W. Lang

How to replace Biden as the Democratic nominee

It would be best if the president voluntarily quit the race and opened up the convention. But if he doesn’t, there is another way to select an alternative.
Joe Sweeney

NH would have given Democrats the best presidential candidate

By bypassing New Hampshire as the first-in-the-nation primary, the Democratic National Committee shielded Joe Biden from the type of rigorous examination that might have revealed his vulnerabilities early on.
Adrian Bonenberger

No army for young men

Ukraine recently lowered its minimum age for conscription. Should the United States raise its maximum age for enlistment?

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Alex Beam

The magnificent Epsteins

The Epsteins are simultaneously great and commonplace.

John Evangelakos, Jason H.P. Kravitt, and William Schmalzl

To restore Harvard’s reputation, faculty should speak up

In countries like China and Russia, one is punished if they present an idea that is classified as antipatriotic. Is this truly the direction that Harvard should now be turning?

Roxana Shafiee and Daniel Schrag

Heat pumps can help meet climate goals but can hurt pocketbooks

Our research shows that in most places across the state, heat pump adoption for homes that use natural gas will increase annual bills.

SCOT LEHIGH

Why is it so hard to quit politics?

Unpopularity or fear of losing may be the real reason, but it is seldom the explanation offered when an elected official calls it quits. Even when the truth is obvious, big egos need a face-saving cover story when they beat a retreat.

JOAN VENNOCHI

How much did Democrats and the press know about Biden’s decline before the debate?

Instead of country-first thinking, it looks like the first instinct of Democrats was to protect Biden's and the party’s chances of winning in November.

JEFF JACOBY

The solution to America’s gerontocracy

Vote for candidates who aren’t addicted to power.

Jeff Jacoby

Name the convention center for a non-politician

The last thing Boston needs is another shrine to the late mayor Thomas Menino. Or, for that matter, to any politician.

RENÉE GRAHAM

Biden needs to come clean about his health

His advocates should also stop belittling Democrats’ legitimate concerns after the president’s dismal debate.