Columnist
Stockman is a writer for the Globe’s editorial board and writes a weekly bylined column. She graduated Magna Cum Laude from Harvard College and lived in Kenya and Tanzania, writing as a freelancer for the New York Times, National Public Radio and the Christian Science Monitor. She served as the Globe’s chief foreign policy reporter in Washington, D.C., for seven years. Stockman has won numerous awards, including the Scripps Howard Foundation national journalism award.
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What if we could choose where our taxes go?
By Farah Stockman , Globe Staff
If people were allowed to direct a portion of their taxes to what they care about, some might be willing to pay more.
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Terrorism’s ‘homegrown wannabes’
By Farah Stockman , Globe Columnist
The alleged Boston bombers may be a new kind of terrorist: young people who grew up in the West and for whatever reason became disenchanted with their adopted country.
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Tweets from a teen bombing suspect
By Farah Stockman , Globe Staff
Strikingly, the Twitter postings of 19-year-old Dzhokhar Tsarnaev showed the hallmark banality and absurdity of the average American teen.
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Inside the mind of suspected killer Dzhokhar Tsarnaev
By Farah Stockman , Globe Columnist
Rarely do you get to see into the mind of a suspected killer, especially on the day that he kills. But thanks to Twitter, now we do.