Columnist

Columnist
Tom Keane writes regularly for the Globe. His was a Boston city councilor from 1994 to 1999.
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The problem with the loan guarantee to 38 Studios isn’t that it was a bad deal. It’s that the state had no business doing it in the first place.
Globe Magazine
It feels like the newest, coolest, and most vibrant part of the city, pulsating with activity, suddenly crammed with tourists — and even longtime Boston residents.
TOM KEANE
Bostonians have been patting themselves on the back about how the city has changed since the bad old days of busing.
Opinion | Tom Keane
Two high-profile prosecutions in the state seek to change the culture of local politics. More likely, they’ll just drive deeper underground the behaviors they target.