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Ideas

In the age of soulless self-checkout, my friendly fishmongers in Cambridge held back the tide

There are still lots of places to buy seafood. But community connections are harder to find.

Ideas

Living with a gun

I have seen the savagery of firearms up close. I was afraid and viscerally appalled by them. I felt compelled to buy one anyway.

Letters

Punny forecasts and smiles

It’s the first thing I look for.

Business

From New Bedford to Shanghai, David Barboza charts new coverage on China

On Episode 2 of the ‘Say More with Shirley Leung’ podcast, the former New York Times correspondent talks launching ‘The Wire’ and whether the United States is locked in a cold war with the Asian superpower.

Business

Introducing Globe Opinion podcast ‘Say More with Shirley Leung’

Listen to the first two episodes: Harvard researcher Joan Donovan on disinformation in the 2024 presidential race and journalist David Barboza on the economic cold war with China.

Ideas

T riders are getting better options while the Sumner Tunnel is closed. Why can’t they be permanent?

How adopting a ‘crisis framework’ can help us get to what will actually improve our state’s transportation system.

Letters

Envisioning Boston’s future with a blue-sky mind-set

Readers responded to our selection of visions for the city as well as to our survey asking for what they'd like to see.

Letters

Our bonus years: in other words, more time to be fully engaged

There are too many "bonus years" adults who look at the many inspiring things younger people are doing to save the world and use that as an excuse to sit back and watch.