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Tom Keane

Tom Keane writes regularly for the Globe. His was a Boston city councilor from 1994 to 1999.

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Privacy in a surveillance society

By Tom Keane, Globe Columnist

We are becoming a surveillance society, but there has to be a stopping point, because the information that is shared with one can easily be shared with all.

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Term limits disregard experience

By Tom Keane,

The limits may sound good on the campaign trail, but they make for bad public policy.

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Edward Snowden is an American hero

By Tom Keane, Globe Columnist

We owe the 29-year-old analyst who unveiled the existence of a NSA surveillance program our gratitude — and perhaps even our democracy.

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Abercrombie & Fitch’s exclusionary tactics may be backfiring

By Tom Keane, Globe Columnist

The retailer’s marketing legitimizes cliques, but it may have missed out that for many of today’s teens, one thing that is not cool is making fun of others.