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Commentary: How to stay sane on Election Night
Many Americans — including me — are caught in a tightening vise of election anxiety, especially amped up during these last months of the volatile presidential campaign. -
Bravo to Brookline for limiting cigarette sales
Multiple studies have shown that smoke-free campaigns do work, both in getting smokers to quit and keeping others from ever starting to smoke. -
Keep your chicken coops out of my city
I can’t help but wonder how many of my fellow Cambridge residents clamoring for backyard chickens actually have a clue about the everyday reality of chicken keeping. -
With Wu rumors churning, what’s behind the Harvard chatter?
If it keeps circulating and enough people give it credence, it could foster a broader perception that she’s governing as a lame duck. -
Massachusetts’ traffic-safety blind spot
As fatalities increase, should we ask police to do more? -
The US government might be trying, but it can't stop TikTok
Unless there is solid evidence that TikTok is a political and military threat, all of this Sturm und Drang has no actual point. -
The Mass. Legislature doesn't see the world like the rest of us — and it doesn't have to
A lack of competition invites a focus on internal politics over the public good. -
How did we get here, with so much hate so close to home?
Quincy’s home to the latest apparently racism-fueled violent incident, where an Asian man was allegedly run over repeatedly. -
Wakanda forever! And Massachusetts’ film tax credit forever!
The state program can take a victory lap after the smash success of “Wakanda Forever.” -
Go vote! It’s easier than ever.
Now there are more ways to vote. Good. Democracy needs all the help it can get.