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“If the electorate that turned out in New Jersey foreshadows the landscape Republicans will have to navigate in next year’s midterm elections, the GOP should anticipate a drubbing,” Noah Rothman writes.
Message from New Jersey: It’s not too early for Republicans to panic - The Boston Globe
Gains that Donald Trump made in 2024 in the Garden State were reversed in the governor’s race.
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November 10, 2025 at 4:16 PM
“If the electorate that turned out in New Jersey foreshadows the landscape Republicans will have to navigate in next year’s midterm elections, the GOP should anticipate a drubbing,” Noah Rothman writes.
Voters want to hear about how we can get to a brighter future, @abdallahfayyad.bsky.social writes. And that vision doesn’t tend to come from candidates who keep lecturing people on what’s not possible.
Zohran Mamdani and the politics of trying - The Boston Globe
Voters are tired of hearing politicians talk about what they can’t do. The newly elected mayor of New York has offered something different.
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November 5, 2025 at 6:58 PM
Voters want to hear about how we can get to a brighter future, @abdallahfayyad.bsky.social writes. And that vision doesn’t tend to come from candidates who keep lecturing people on what’s not possible.
Editorial: Over the next four years, the task for Mayor Michelle Wu will be to stay laser-focused on Boston’s fundamental challenges and not to mistake her easy victory on Tuesday for a blanket endorsement of the status quo.
How Mayor Wu should spend her considerable political capital - The Boston Globe
The mayor won big, including in the City Council. She should focus her power on addressing the city’s biggest needs: housing and education.
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November 5, 2025 at 6:50 PM
Editorial: Over the next four years, the task for Mayor Michelle Wu will be to stay laser-focused on Boston’s fundamental challenges and not to mistake her easy victory on Tuesday for a blanket endorsement of the status quo.
The trick for an elastic party is not to stretch too far in one direction, David Scharfenberg writes. And in recent years, Democrats have done just that, reaching way out to the left and damaging their brand in the process.
Mamdani won. So did Democrats in New Jersey and Virginia. Their brand is still toxic. - The Boston Globe
There is only one way to solve the party’s enduring problem.
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November 5, 2025 at 4:28 PM
The trick for an elastic party is not to stretch too far in one direction, David Scharfenberg writes. And in recent years, Democrats have done just that, reaching way out to the left and damaging their brand in the process.
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November 4, 2025 at 10:10 PM
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Through all of her husband’s racist ramblings, Usha Vance has chosen to stay by his side, @rygraham.bsky.social writes.
Don’t feel sorry for Usha Vance - The Boston Globe
Like Melania Trump, the second lady knows exactly who she married and what she signed up for.
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November 4, 2025 at 7:14 PM
Through all of her husband’s racist ramblings, Usha Vance has chosen to stay by his side, @rygraham.bsky.social writes.
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In much of Boston, the race for the four at-large City Council seats is the only real contest on Nov. 4.
The Globe editorial board endorses these four candidates, who articulated the clearest, most persuasive visions for Boston and the council:
The Globe editorial board endorses these four candidates, who articulated the clearest, most persuasive visions for Boston and the council:
Globe endorsements for City Council: Ruthzee Louijeune, Erin Murphy, Marvin Mathelier, and Will Onuoha - The Boston Globe
Voters can pick up to four at-large candidates on the Nov. 4 ballot.
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October 14, 2025 at 6:05 PM
In much of Boston, the race for the four at-large City Council seats is the only real contest on Nov. 4.
The Globe editorial board endorses these four candidates, who articulated the clearest, most persuasive visions for Boston and the council:
The Globe editorial board endorses these four candidates, who articulated the clearest, most persuasive visions for Boston and the council:
A cartoon by @chappatte.bsky.social. #GlobeCartoons
October 30, 2025 at 8:21 PM
A cartoon by @chappatte.bsky.social. #GlobeCartoons
The death penalty has gone on since time immemorial, but the means of execution in places where it’s allowed must be humane, @kimberlyeatkins.bsky.social writes. Far too often, executions are shown to be anything but.
Death penalty case paints clear high court divide - The Boston Globe
Exactly how much suffering is too much?
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October 30, 2025 at 8:20 PM
The death penalty has gone on since time immemorial, but the means of execution in places where it’s allowed must be humane, @kimberlyeatkins.bsky.social writes. Far too often, executions are shown to be anything but.
“When I bring [a pro-Palestinian] voice, I don’t want the Israeli audience to be triggered by that, but I would love them to have more of an outside look of their own country,” Romy Neumark says on #SayMore.
Can better conversations heal the fractured Jewish-American family? - The Boston Globe
“When I bring [a pro-Palestinian] voice, I don’t want the Israeli audience to be triggered by that,” says Romy Neumark.
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October 30, 2025 at 3:31 PM
“When I bring [a pro-Palestinian] voice, I don’t want the Israeli audience to be triggered by that, but I would love them to have more of an outside look of their own country,” Romy Neumark says on #SayMore.
Democrats are searching for a fighter, Carine Hajjar writes. But do they really need a guy with a Nazi tattoo in their ranks?
Graham Platner’s controversial past tests Democrats’ tolerance for imperfection - The Boston Globe
In politics, uncurated candidates come at a cost.
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October 28, 2025 at 3:46 PM
Democrats are searching for a fighter, Carine Hajjar writes. But do they really need a guy with a Nazi tattoo in their ranks?
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Why I'm rooting for @torontobluejays.bsky.social in the World Series. My latest @globeopinion.bsky.social column.
Why I’m rooting for the Toronto Blue Jays in the World Series - The Boston Globe
I'd like Canada to win because it is standing up to a bully.
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October 26, 2025 at 5:12 PM
Why I'm rooting for @torontobluejays.bsky.social in the World Series. My latest @globeopinion.bsky.social column.
Sadly, history suggests that recovering France’s royal bling will be a long shot, Tom Mashberg writes.
The Louvre heist: Why stolen jewels are rarely recovered - The Boston Globe
‘No collection, however secure, is entirely beyond reach.’
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October 24, 2025 at 7:11 PM
Sadly, history suggests that recovering France’s royal bling will be a long shot, Tom Mashberg writes.
Today’s teen fashion is missing the recklessness and imperfection of actual youth fashion trends, Catherine Enwright writes in #GlobeIdeas.
GenZ is mimicking my generation’s fashion perfectly. Too perfectly, in fact. - The Boston Globe
Students are avoiding the usual pitfalls of teen fashion, and it’s too bad.
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October 23, 2025 at 2:44 PM
Today’s teen fashion is missing the recklessness and imperfection of actual youth fashion trends, Catherine Enwright writes in #GlobeIdeas.
The Supreme Court will take up the constitutionality of a federal law barring anyone who “is an unlawful user of or addicted to any controlled substance” from possessing a gun, @kimberlyeatkins.bsky.social writes in #TheGavel.
Do potheads have a right to bear arms? The Supreme Court will decide. - The Boston Globe
In rare move, the Trump administration defends a federal gun regulation.
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October 23, 2025 at 2:40 PM
The Supreme Court will take up the constitutionality of a federal law barring anyone who “is an unlawful user of or addicted to any controlled substance” from possessing a gun, @kimberlyeatkins.bsky.social writes in #TheGavel.
What was once considered the secular sanctity of the presidency has been usurped by Trump’s perversity, @rygraham.bsky.social writes.
Trump’s potty presidency - The Boston Globe
Long before he posted disgusting AI slop, Trump had already soiled this nation.
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October 21, 2025 at 8:30 PM
What was once considered the secular sanctity of the presidency has been usurped by Trump’s perversity, @rygraham.bsky.social writes.
What makes business organizations effective is not raw talent but whether that talent can synchronize, Jon Levy writes.
Why the smartest workplaces usually have more women - The Boston Globe
This provocative finding doesn’t mean companies should exclude men. In fact, it highlights the superficiality of many corporate diversity efforts.
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October 21, 2025 at 3:08 PM
What makes business organizations effective is not raw talent but whether that talent can synchronize, Jon Levy writes.
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“If we are developing into...a fear-based society...that puts us in the danger of having inaction...as being more of the norm, which hasn’t been typical in America.”
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To be free, you need to feel free. Right now, America isn’t feeling it. - The Boston Globe
What good are rights if people are afraid to exercise them?
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October 20, 2025 at 3:07 PM
“If we are developing into...a fear-based society...that puts us in the danger of having inaction...as being more of the norm, which hasn’t been typical in America.”
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"Losing a mother is no ordinary pain. Even before we are born, mothers are literally the shield between us and the world. Who is left to protect us once they are gone?" My latest @globeopinion.bsky.social column.
October 19, 2025 at 12:13 PM
"Losing a mother is no ordinary pain. Even before we are born, mothers are literally the shield between us and the world. Who is left to protect us once they are gone?" My latest @globeopinion.bsky.social column.
Studies show Americans in 2025 do have friends; we just wish we were closer, Gwen Egan writes. And hosting house parties is a great solution — a way to create a sense of group belonging.
Get over yourself and throw a party - The Boston Globe
Why is getting a group together at someone’s place becoming so rare? I blame self-care culture.
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October 17, 2025 at 4:31 PM
Studies show Americans in 2025 do have friends; we just wish we were closer, Gwen Egan writes. And hosting house parties is a great solution — a way to create a sense of group belonging.
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October 17, 2025 at 9:21 AM
Infantilizing young men for the sake of partisan loyalty could do more harm than any other societal plague, Eugene Scott writes.
Those racist and homophobic Young Republican texts aren’t what ‘kids do’ - The Boston Globe
Republicans are divided on how best to respond to this matter.
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October 16, 2025 at 7:52 PM
Infantilizing young men for the sake of partisan loyalty could do more harm than any other societal plague, Eugene Scott writes.
“Tylenol has been proven to be safe, and I feel like women should be discussing that with their doctors — not hearing it from the president,” says @thearcofmass.org CEO Maura Sullivan.
Tylenol, autism, and mom blame - The Boston Globe
"Tylenol has been proven to be safe, and I feel like women should be discussing that with their doctors — not hearing it from the president," says Maura Sullivan.
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October 16, 2025 at 4:04 PM
“Tylenol has been proven to be safe, and I feel like women should be discussing that with their doctors — not hearing it from the president,” says @thearcofmass.org CEO Maura Sullivan.
“For all the bicycle-versus-car debates raging in Boston and other cities, another conflict is growing on public and private lands, as users with different outlooks descend upon the same shared spaces,” Phil Primack writes.
How thrill-seeking mountain bikers are ravaging our shared trails - The Boston Globe
A favorite Medford stretch in the Middlesex Fells is a magnet for adrenaline-seeking mountain bikers who don’t realize or care about the damage they cause.
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October 14, 2025 at 8:51 PM
“For all the bicycle-versus-car debates raging in Boston and other cities, another conflict is growing on public and private lands, as users with different outlooks descend upon the same shared spaces,” Phil Primack writes.