Hurricane Sally has just pummeled the Florida Panhandle and the coasts of Mississippi and Alabama. Though it landed as “only” a Category 2, wh…
All this agonizing over what may happen if President Donald Trump tries to steal the election is highly annoying. It normalizes the idea that …
Many of us lit candles and prayed that Sweden’s approach to the coronavirus would succeed. As the rest of Europe locked down, Sweden stayed mo…
Trump supporters have been sending me short messages asking, “How is your 401(k) doing?”
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The Democratic National Convention gave former Ohio Gov. John Kasich, a Republican, four minutes to offer his endorsement of Joe Biden. Rep. A…
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Europe took dramatic steps to contain the coronavirus pandemic. Its shutdowns were so tight that the eurozone economy has fallen into a recess…
A friend and I shared the same consumer frustration — and guilt over having it. We each wanted a bike rack for our cars but could not obtain o…
It was a bittersweet evening in Manhattan. Parisian-level charm had descended on what used to be traffic-snarled streets of the fancy Upper Ea…
When I was a wee business reporter, I covered manufacturing in southern New England. Costume jewelry, a major industry then, has largely decam…
Dear never-Trump Republicans: Would you adopt me? I’m a centrist with left-leaning tendencies. I get along with cats, dogs and most libertaria…
Rabbits. Rabbits! They’re hopping all over New England, my yard included. They need to eat and, being rabbits, have lots of mouths to feed. Wh…
One of the recently vandalized monuments is a statue of poet John Greenleaf Whittier. Someone smeared “BLM” and “(expletive) Slave Owners” on …
Those who wagered on a visit to Las Vegas confronted mixed messages on mask wearing, to say the least.
Some say the pandemic has become an ally in the fight against climate catastrophe. Others say this is short-term thinking: The public may aban…
COVID-19 is not at all over and shows every sign of staging a return. We’ve been through a lot of fear, depression, and losses of income and l…
You know you have a stupid declaration on your hands when you have to explain what some on your side really mean. Such is the burden of Democr…
Sweden offered hope that the coronavirus could be reined in without great inconvenience or economic pain. Unlike its neighbors in Scandinavia …
Sweden offered hope that the coronavirus could be reined in without great inconvenience or economic pain. Unlike its neighbors in Scandinavia …
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I come here not to condemn Amy Cooper, the white woman who called police and falsely claimed that an African American man named Christian Coop…
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I just lost a dear elderly friend to cancer. Home hospice workers kept him comfortable. He spent his final weeks watching spring unfold in the…
Joe Biden still has time to do the smart thing and name New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo his running mate. The top two reasons would be Cuomo’s prov…
Joe Biden has not been loudly beating up on President Donald Trump for his pathetic performance during the coronavirus crisis. The pandemic ha…
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No surprise that Americans have spent much of their lockdown watching TV — nor that one of the most-watched shows has been “The Golden Girls.”…
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