In the dead of night, wanting to shave a few precious seconds off my walk home, I decided to cut through the parking lot. That was the first time I saw him.
The man in the Target parking lot
AI breaks the social contract that says writers put in more work than their readers
It’s interesting, if not scary, that you can teach at Harvard, have a massive body of academic work and lose your ability to write – yet still be published by the Globe.
It’s still ‘Primetime’ for an American way of justice
American justice, conducted by swarming men with guns, asks how much good can be done with evil results before it’s all evil, how much good compensates for evil.
Topping the agenda of the Acorn Square Neighborhood Council: Finding Acorn Square. And bylaws, bylaws, bylaws
“What if the people we elected didn’t get to make decisions for us? What if a tight-knit group of plucky artists, visionaries and homeowners made the decisions instead?”
How you renters helped pay for a homeowner’s heat pump in Greenfield but will still freeze this winter
Renters pay enormous sums for energy, money that is redistributed to homeowners in the suburbs – like we found a way to have socialism, but only for those who have capital.
Where was all the Fluff at the Fest?
I got several warnings from friends that I shouldn’t go to Fluff Fest, Union Square’s annual celebration dedicated to Marshmallow Fluff. I declined to listen. I wanted to like it.
You should care more about elevators
As we replace, renovate and rebuild Massachusetts' aging housing stock, changing the way we think about elevators is a big step in that direction.
Politicians aren’t your friends
Politicians are real people who can cry and laugh and certainly try to do both. Feel free to be moved but remember that they have no idea you're watching.
A response for renters after 100 years of humiliation
Yes, we need rent control. Not because it will work, but because it won’t. Economists predict it will crash property values. That’s not my problem.
Amateurs’ ideas for the Reid Overpass are still better than the latest ideas from the state
A pedestrian-bike roundabout bridge makes sense, or a slimmed-down roundabout featuring a genuinely novel approach to fixing the 47 bus route.