Associate Editor & Columnist
McGrory is a Metro columnist and associate editor for the Globe. Born and raised in Boston and the region, he has previously worked as the Globe’s Metro editor, White House reporter, national reporter, general assignment reporter, and suburban reporter.
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Brown eyes of wisdom
By Brian McGrory , Globe Columnist
They should come with a warning label, these creatures. They should come with a label that says you’re going to fall hopelessly in love, only to have your heart shattered before you could ever possibly prepare. And then you face one of life’s truly wrenching decisions.
Pecking my battles
By Brian McGrory , Globe Columnist
Every time I read a story about another person in another random suburb raising a backyard chicken, two thoughts rattle through my frightened little mind: They’re crazy, and that must mean I am, too.
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A rooster leaves his flock
By Brian McGrory , Globe Columnist
For three-plus years, Buddy presided over his family in the midst of an unsuspecting suburban neighborhood. And then one Sunday morning, he was gone.
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The benefits of political friendship
By Brian McGrory , Globe Columnist
Try as I might to leave the Liberty Mutual lunacy behind, someone keeps drawing me back, and that someone is Governor Deval Patrick.