What people will say to get a story published in the Globe (i.e., lie). After months of fruitless browsing, I began to ask myself the same questions I do after a string of disappointing dates. Were my desires and goals unrealistic in light of my assets? Should I...
Every city and town of any substantial size had a great idea last year, or the year before. “Let’s build a wireless-Internet network and offer it to residents for free, or at a cheap price.” I have always thought it is a terrible idea. I can see no...
About rising violent crime in Boston: Jack Levin, director of the Brudnick Center on Violence and Conflict at Northeastern University, said many U.S. cities cut programs that emphasized prevention, community-oriented policing and controls on the spread of guns, often...
It’s been in the news lately that Boston relies on its residential property tax more than other major American cities. Other cities collect more revenue, percentage-wise, from sales taxes, meals taxes, entertainment and ticket taxes, boat and car excise taxes,...
Have you ever spent a Sunday afternoon walking the Boston waterfront? I have. It’s a mildly interesting walk. You start out in the Charlestown Navy Yard, then over the bridge into the North End, into the Financial District, down to the Fort Point Channel area,...