More Opinion Columns
Joan Wickersham
The amber-eyed hare and a grandmother’s legacy
Elisabeth de Waal wrote ‘The Exiles Return’ and ‘Milton Place’ during the 1950s and ‘60s. Both were rejected by publishers, and she put the manuscripts away.
RENÉE LOTH
Alarm bells are ringing: Congress must pass the John Lewis Voting Rights Advancement Act
Anything less returns the country to a shameful past — a nation of poll taxes and literacy tests that mocks the very idea of government “by the people.”
SCOT LEHIGH
Mass GOP chairman Jim Lyons, a man with visions, is stalked by the cruel reality of a less imaginative world
What does a my-way-or-the-highway guy say about the slings and arrows of everyday expectations?
Nancy Gertner
The stench at the Supreme Court
The science on which Roe v. Wade was based has not changed. What has changed is the court’s membership and their originalist interpretation of the Constitution.
Kenneth Rogoff
In reappointing the Federal Reserve chair, Biden asserts his independence — and the central bank’s
At a time when the post-pandemic economy is still incredibly volatile and the tea leaves still hard to read (though the US labor market looks red-hot), the choice of Jerome Powell made Fed policy more predictable.
Edward J. Markey
Federal Reserve’s Powell lacks leadership on climate change
The Fed and the big banks must be compelled, through federal legislation, to act on the threat that climate change poses to our financial system and the planet.
Joan Vennochi
Charlie Baker leaves on his terms. Where does that leave Massachusetts?
Beyond rendering the already pathetic Massachusetts GOP even more pathetic, this is a big moment for blue state political reckoning. How far left will Massachusetts voters want the next governor to take the Commonwealth?
SCOT LEHIGH
Baker’s exit creates a huge vacuum
Attorney General Maura Healey now becomes the strong favorite to be the next governor.