journalist, columnist for The Boston Globe. Champion of the public realm and good journalism.
Joined March 2012
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12 Oct 2023
I'm thrilled to be moderating a panel at the Boston Book Festival this Saturday, 3:30 pm. We'll discuss "Idea City," a great collection of essays on making Boston more equitable, beautiful and resilient. Come see us at the Boston Architectural College, 951 Boylston Street.
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4 Sep 2023
Thrilled to be part of this essential discussion about coastal resilience on Thursday eve. Dorchester is so often ignored when we talk about Boston's waterfront, but so much is happening on these shores. RSVP for this stellar panel here! eventbrite.com/e/advancing-r…
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10 Mar 2023
The abrupt time change jars us out of our routines and into noticing. We’re suddenly aware of the Earth tilting on its axis, of birdsong at breakfast, of the snowdrops and Lenten roses pushing their way through last year’s mulch, @reneeloth.
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10 Mar 2023
Now the're coming for our libraries. In communities from Idaho to Michigan, libraries are threatened by a toxic mix of right-wing grievances. Don't think it can't happen here. My column in @globeopinion: bit.ly/3Fcosst
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20 Jan 2023
A little personal news. Retweets greatly appreciated.
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26 Jan 2023
“It’s a new dawn, it’s a new day.” I don’t know how many viewers stuck around for It, but closing Mayor Wu’s state of the city address with Nina Simone’s song tonight was genius.
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20 Jan 2023
correction: It is of course $70 billion, not million. The columnist regrets the error.
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20 Jan 2023
The GOP vote to strip the IRS of $70 million is a cynical, hypocritical (remember the deficit?) gift to their rich friends. No one really likes paying taxes, but it's what we do as part of the social compact. My column in today's @globeopinion: bostonglobe.com/2023/01/20/o…
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19 Dec 2022
Are the climate protesters throwing soup or mashed potatoes at beloved (tho protected) works of art misguided? Let me count the ways.
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4 Dec 2022
Hark! It's the season for song. My Boston Globe column this week celebrates the joy of communal singing, with thoughts from the great choral director Nick Page: bit.ly/3P1fiCO
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18 Nov 2022
Some say Boston's #lab boom waning, but the frenzy of life science construction is still aggravating the housing crisis. Should biotech developers contribute more to house the workers they employ? My column in today's Globe:
bit.ly/3Ojj0Y0
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5 Nov 2022
The Boston Common is the nation's oldest public park, meant to be enjoyed by all. A new master plan raises the question: Can the myriad competing users of the park learn to share? @BostonCommonMP My column in the Boston Globe: bit.ly/3UvlQuK
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1 Nov 2022
Newspapers nationwide are dropping endorsements, for fear they can alienate readers. But I ran an editorial page for 9 years and can attest to their civic importance. I wrote this for WBUR's Cognoscenti:
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30 Oct 2022
Shying away from taking a stand on crucial issues of the day is an abdication of a paper’s civic duty, writes @reneeloth.
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20 Oct 2022
Independent women voters are key in the midterms, so the GOP hopes to skirt #Roevember by changing the subject. A look inside one conservative group's abortion strategy in my Globe column today. bit.ly/3gqJ06Q
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8 Oct 2022
My very talented friend Rosa Herrero de Andrés wrote and illustrated a beautiful picture book: Bike Day, toca bicicleta, and if you want one of the first copies, you can back it on @Kickstarter too. 🚲📚
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7 Oct 2022
The MA state #GOP doesn't have much in the way of candidates this November. What it does have are the ballot questions, which it hopes to exploit to boost turnout. My column the Boston Globe: bit.ly/3rFYvdM
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28 Sep 2022
The @forum_ford and @Suffolk_U Masterman Speaker Series is back on Thursday, Sept. 29 at 5 pm at @Suffolk_Law on the decline of local journalism and the rise of polarization.
Register 👉 bit.ly/3xWFWW7
With @dankennedy_nu @joshuadarr @reneeloth @CharlesStAmand
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23 Sep 2022
Local newspapers are the civic glue that hold communities together, yet they are imperiled. Thrilled to be joining this important panel on the crisis in local news (with some bright spots) 9/29 @ 5pm Suffolk Law School. bit.ly/3f88khn
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23 Sep 2022
A bit of social satire for the end (I hope!) of the WFH lifestyle: bit.ly/3C4E1Bj My column in @globeopinion
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