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In a March 14 letter to Silicon Valley Bank CEO Greg Becker, Senator Elizabeth Warren, scathingly blunt as usual, links the loosening of financial rules, which Becker championed, to the collapse of his bank.

With latest bank failures, Senator Elizabeth Warren can say ‘I told you so’

She was right about the consequences of weakening financial rules and the misguided assist from Democrats.

I’m in my prime, and I’m done hiding my age

At almost 50, I wondered when, exactly, is a woman in her prime? Society’s answer is never. No matter what age a woman is, it’s the wrong one.

SCOT LEHIGH

Readers, what does it mean to be a good US citizen?

A new book by Richard Haass of the Council on Foreign Relations argues true citizenship necessarily entails some obligations and effort.

op-eds

An SVB Financial Group chart displayed on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange on March 10.

Daniel K. Tarullo

Was Silicon Valley Bank really too big to fail?

Even in a period of relative economic calm, a bank less than one-tenth the size of JPMorgan Chase was not allowed to fail without some special protection for one group of creditors — those large, uninsured depositors.

Peter Schiff

Government bailouts brought the SVB bank crisis

There is no easy way out of the stimulus trap.

Charles A. Czeisler and Elizabeth B. Klerman

Making daylight saving time permanent would mean losing sleep — and lives

This legislation is not about protecting sunshine. Instead, it should be called “An Act to Force Americans to Wake Up an Hour Earlier Each Day.”

Customers waited in line outside of a Silicon Valley Bank branch in Wellesley on March 13.

EDITORIAL

Lift the FDIC’s insurance cap — permanently

What good is the limit on deposit insurance if the government repeatedly lifts it when crisis strikes?

EDITORIAL

DiZoglio’s audit of Legislature should follow the money

But getting under the hood of lawmakers’ decision-making risks a constitutional breach.

letters

Overly long Oscars? What about MLB, NFL, the Super Bowl?

Poutine isn’t the only thing we’ll miss if we don’t address climate change

Why didn’t regulators take action to avert this unnecessary banking crisis?

As rudeness rises, SJC ruling on public meetings makes one wary

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Wei Huang applies the final press on Army dress pants in the factory in Lawrence.

IDEAS | JOAN VENNOCHI

Threading the needle to keep clothing manufacturing alive in Massachusetts

“Left with scraps” after Brooks Brothers shut down its Haverhill factory in 2020, some workers have found new opportunity in a Lawrence startup.

A man sits on a picnic table with a view of downtown Cleveland in 2014. Conspiracy theorists are increasingly convinced the concept of a “15-minute city” is the latest plot to curtail individual freedoms. But urban experts say the design principle embraced by cities, including Cleveland, is simply about building more compact, walkable communities where people are less reliant on cars.

Carlo Ratti and Robert Muggah

The pushback against the 15-minute city

It is worth pointing out that the vast majority of these critiques are fundamentally wrong and even dangerous.

The Tennessee Equality Project's Dahron Johnson spoke during a news conference by the Human Rights Campaign drawing attention to anti-drag bills in the Tennessee Legislature, on Feb. 14 in Nashville.

RENÉE GRAHAM

Understanding the intersectionality of hate

The right doesn’t “pick and choose where they’re going to fight; they wage campaigns that pressure all those points at the same time.”

All three of the state’s casinos admitted accepting bets on Massachusetts college teams.

EDITORIAL

Casinos violated a new state law on sports betting. Now what?

Massachusetts legalized gambling on sports, with the exception of local college teams. All three of the state’s casinos have accepted bets on local games anyway.

The author with her late husband, Peter Kugel, on their 50th wedding anniversary in 2018.

IDEAS | JUDY KUGEL

My husband’s needlessly excruciating final eight days

Peter’s quality of life was gone, but, still sharp, he chose to end his own suffering. Legalized physician-assisted suicide in Massachusetts would have given him a far more merciful death.

Craig McAdams relaxed next to the boardwalk on Jan. 20, in Hollywood, Fla.

SCOT LEHIGH

The puzzles and pieces of Social Security

Nobel laureate Peter Diamond helps sort it all out.

Cartoons

WARD SUTTON

Time-traveling Ron DeSantis

SAGE STOSSEL

Mass. exodus

CHRISTOPHER WEYANT

America’s next generation of liars

PATRICK CHAPPATTE

What can’t ChatGPT write?

WILL DOWD

Remembering Flannery O’Connor

CHRISTOPHER WEYANT

Sisyphus: A modern tragedy

Mike Pence, a profile in cowardice

The former vice president says Trump is responsible for the Jan. 6 insurrection. But he’s refusing to say that to a federal grand jury.

DCF needs more resources to serve kids with medically complex needs

If the state has custody of a child, it is obligated to meet that child’s needs in the most appropriate setting. Monthlong waits in a hospital are inexcusable.

Confronting the teen mental health crisis, one anonymous post at a time

Sophie Nystuen of Brookline offers a safe, therapeutic space on the Internet where teens can express themselves and unload their feelings and stress.

Charles A. Czeisler and Elizabeth B. Klerman

Capitol Hill in Washington on March 15, 2022. Senator Marco Rubio of Florida reintroduced legislation that would end the practice of turning clocks back one hour every November.

Making daylight saving time permanent would mean losing sleep — and lives

This legislation is not about protecting sunshine. Instead, it should be called “An Act to Force Americans to Wake Up an Hour Earlier Each Day.”

Auditor Diana DiZoglio is taking on Beacon Hill — as promised

From her perspective, she’s doing what she said she would do: challenging the status quo and the self-serving priority of those who preside over it to protect their own power.

The self-deceived deceivers of war

The Iraq War, its 20th anniversary now at hand, offers an example.

Locking in tuition at state universities needs to offer affordability, not just predictability

Governor Healey’s $59 million proposal is good in theory but could lead to higher tuition and fees if not carefully implemented.

How to prevent MassHealth enrollees from losing their coverage

Insurers must work with their provider partners in the MassHealth ACO program to raise member awareness about the importance of responding to its communications so that they do not experience a gap in coverage.