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Donald Trump saluted during a twisted remix of the national anthem sung by jailed Jan. 6 insurrectionists and played at an Ohio campaign rally on March 16.

The last time Trump feared Republicans would turn against him

Here’s a remarkable thing about Donald Trump’s upcoming hush-money trial in New York. This case exists only because Trump once believed that there were misdeeds that Republican voters would not overlook.

SCOT LEHIGH

Chuck Schumer’s important speech on Israel

As the Senate majority leader made clear, supporting Israel doesn’t mean supporting Benjamin Netanyahu, its intransigent, myopic premier.

RENÉE LOTH

Another reason to end capital punishment

This country’s insistence on capital punishment poisons international treaties and agreements, complicates diplomacy, and limits America’s ability to call out unspeakable human rights abuses in other countries.

KIMBERLY ATKINS STOHR

Conservative Supreme Court justices should listen to their mentors

Retired Supreme Court justice Stephen Breyer’s candor about the state of the court is refreshing and much needed.

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Devotees of TikTok gathered at the US Capitol in Washington, D.C., as the House passed a bill that would lead to a nationwide ban of the popular video app if its China-based owner doesn't sell, March 13.

Jim McGovern

Banning TikTok is a terrible idea

Congress can do better than this bill.

Jake Auchincloss

TikTok is propaganda for our adversary

TikTok, Facebook, Instagram, Snapchat, X, YouTube, Twitch, Discord, Reddit, and other platforms have wealth and power that is unprecedented, but they are not using it responsibly.

Dorothy Fennell

There’s a better way to commute and Transportation Management Associations can help

Here’s how commuters can leave their cars at home.

David Scarlett Wakelyn and Michael Hartney

To improve literacy, Massachusetts should look to Mississippi

Mississippi students’ reading achievement is above the national average while Massachusetts’ economically disadvantaged students have been in decline since 2016 and have not bounced back from the COVID-19 pandemic.

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Time limits, caps on family shelter will not solve the problem of homelessness in Mass.

The Massachusetts House voted to place time limits on families living in shelters, limiting families to 9- to 12-month stays.

Bernie Sanders’s foreign policy ‘revolution’ is a string of leftist clichés

The Vermont senator looks at America’s global record and sees mostly failure and disgrace.

The slashing of Balfour’s portrait

A member of Palestine Action destroyed a portrait of Arthur James Balfour at Trinity College in the U.K. — an act the anti-Israel group defended on the grounds that “Balfour’s declaration began the ethnic cleansing of Palestine.”

RENÉE GRAHAM

On a recent episode of the CBS copaganda drama, “S.W.A.T.,” the lead character, Hondo, played by Shemar Moore, comes home after a long day. As he talks to his wife, he walks to a closet and stores his service firearm in a gun safe that can only be opened with his fingerprint.

Hollywood tries a new role — gun safety advocacy

For decades, TV and movies have glorified guns as cool and fun. Are recent attempts to incorporate gun security measures into storylines too little too late?