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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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Rhode Island’s fool’s game with Curt Schilling

By Tom Keane,

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.

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The Boston waterfront has arrived

By Tom Keane,

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.

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The thin veneer of civilization

By Tom Keane,

Bostonians have been patting themselves on the back about how the city has changed since the bad old days of busing.

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Indictments, then politics as usual

By 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.