Nature in the Neighborhood: Butterflies and snakes
The Swampscott Conservancy September is when I notice more monarch butterflies passing through my garden. You can’t miss them. Not with their brilliant orange... Read more.
Why is the US fighting nuclear threats behind closed doors?
Andreas Kluth “Every man, woman and child lives under a nuclear sword of Damocles, hanging by the slenderest of threads, capable of being cut at any moment by... Read more.
Undecided moderate women could be the tipping point this November
Jackie Payne After a wild few weeks, the top of the ticket is once again set for Democrats and Republicans. Polls show Vice President Kamala Harris and former... Read more.
Regulatory problems, deregulatory solutions
Clyde Wayne Crews Jr. and Ryan Young Most American families spend more on regulatory compliance than they do on food, education, or any other expense besides ho... Read more.
Bizarre raw-milk trend is putting kids at risk
Lisa Jarvis If there’s one thing that wasn’t on my bingo card for 2024, it was this: that amid a national outbreak of bird flu among dairy cows, sales of ra... Read more.
If I were economics czar, what would I do? The right kind of nothing!
Bruce Yandle It was a late afternoon conversation on the back patio. Dot, my wife, and I were talking about major events that have occurred in our almost 70 yea... Read more.
Have the 2024 Olympics really changed the game for women in sports?
Avni Shah This year, quotas requiring equal numbers of female and male athletes delivered a Summer Games closer to gender parity than any other Olympics in hist... Read more.
Israel’s tactical assassinations come with huge strategic risk
Marc Champion With the death of Hamas political leader Ismail Haniyeh in Tehran, Israel appears to have eliminated top officials in two organizations committed ... Read more.
Why Harris should pick former astronaut Mark Kelly as running mate
John Lawrence With the Democratic presidential nomination all but delivered for Kamala Harris, speculation has turned to who would best complement her as the vi... Read more.
At the Olympics, must it be men versus women?
Ian Hurd and Sadie Barlow It may come as no surprise that the first modern Olympics were a men-only affair. The second, in Paris in 1900, included 22 women, and... Read more.