Joan Vennochi
What cool, hip entrepreneurs want from Mass.
What makes a city or region cool and hip to entrepreneurs has less to do with fun, and more to do with the access to capital, resources, and services.

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Chinese architect Wang Shu stands in front of the Xiangshan campus of the China Academy of Art.
Two Chinese men show us, as they consider their nation’s future, that listening is key to gaining a clearer perspective. By Juliette Kayyem
Joan Vennochi
What makes a city or region cool and hip to entrepreneurs has less to do with fun, and more to do with the access to capital, resources, and services.
Edward L. Glaeser
LBJ used his considerable influence to get Congress to pass major legislation, raising an important question: Do we need a similarly imperial president to solve today’s intractable problems?
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The upcoming Democratic state convention is a chance for Elizabeth Warren to address how she came to be identified as Native American.
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Joining the other 160 nations that already live by the convention’s rules will give the United States more economic strength and national security.
Dan Wasserman
Dan Wasserman, editorial cartoonist for The Boston Globe, looks at Mitt Romney’s relationship with Donald Trump.
Making health care affordableDebating the best ways to contain rising health care costs in Massachusetts.
Dan Wasserman, editorial cartoonist for The Boston Globe since 1985, looks at moves to cut jobless benefits.
“It is easy to be ‘tough’ on crime, but tough to render justice.” — Edward P. Ryan Jr.
After decades of driving a standard, Globe columnist Scot Lehigh is saying goodbye to manual transmission — and a uniquely enjoyable way of driving.
Governor Lincoln Chafee’s responsibility isn’t to the former Red Sox pitcher; it’s to the skeptical taxpayers of Rhode Island.