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How many times must we save people who overdose?

A deeply humane friend recently suggested that medics stop saving people on their third opioid overdose. The subject was naloxone, a medication that can yank users from the jaws of

Running from fire, grateful all the way

Last week, the most searing image from the Lake Christine Fire in Basalt, a town near Aspen in western Colorado, was that of a Chinook chopper diving arcs through smoke

Dads needed

Warren Farrell was once considered a feminist leader. He hung around with Gloria Steinem and wrote about why men and women should break out of rigid old gender roles. But

At Marquette, conservatives got it wrong

WASHINGTON — Free speech won; decency lost. This has become such a common observation that it hardly merits a headline. But in a Wisconsin Supreme Court case resolved Friday, the

Taking the Disraeli Test

Benjamin Disraeli, a 19thcentury British prime minister and writer, shrewdly advised that to be a successful political leader, a man (even though it was the Victorian era, it was still

Offenders should still be treated with humanity

WASHINGTON — An administration not known for policy creativity is unlikely to have useful internal policy debates. But in the Trump administration, prison reform is a welcome exception. This is

A Massachusetts liberal for president?

Could Elizabeth Warren be nominated for president? There are plenty of establishment Democrats who are worried. I know the answer: Yes. Can a Massachusetts liberal win the general election? That’s

WRITERS ON THE RANGE: The 98th meridian

THE WEST Like a scourge, increasing aridity is hurtling eastward across the land. According to a report from John Wesley Powell that was submitted to Congress 140 years ago, the

Foretelling a catastrophic meeting with Putin?

“There is no longer a Nuclear Threat from North Korea.” — Donald Trump, June 13, 2018 “North Korea is upgrading its nuclear research center at a rapid pace, new satellite

What a divided party can do

The Red Hen reminded me. “Don’t tell anyone you work for Carter,” the volunteer who met me at the Florida airport whispered to me. I’m sure I looked shocked. Carter