Nancy Palmieri for the Boston Globe
Governor Patrick spoke at the dedication of the Berkshire Wind Power Project in May 2011.
Massachusetts can be a national leader on energy, the environment, and job creation, but the task remains unfinished, writes George Bachrach, president of the Environmental League of Mass.By George Bachrach
Nancy Gertner
We need to punish repeat nonviolent offenders, but we also have to determine what works to control their behavior.
Robert Kuttner
Instead of mandating ever-increasing austerity measures for Greece, Germany can offer leniency similar to the post-World War II Marshall Plan and its own dealings with the former East Germany.
Editorial
Why dolphins and pilot whales swim ashore on Cape Cod is a mystery, and research needs to continue so we can understand these happenings.
Editorial
When local authorities go after owners of backyard ice rinks, they’re eroding the mutual tolerance that’s needed to preserve peace and harmony in a densely settled region.
editorial | prison suicides
Thanks to a 2007 lawsuit, state prisoners are no longer held up to 23 hours a day in conditions akin to an 18th-century lunatic asylum.
Dan Wasserman, editorial cartoonist for The Boston Globe since 1985, looks at Rick Santorum’s views of science and government.
“Our hope for leadership in renewable energy and the jobs that come along with it remains uncertain.”
George Bachrach
“Rich people have a harder time connecting with others. They are less charitable. They are less likely to help someone in trouble. And if you think you’d behave differently in their place, you’re wrong.”
Britt Peterson, on the psychology of being rich
Dan Wasserman, who has been cartooning for the Globe editorial page since 1985, finds a group of people who agree with Senator Brown’s recent comments.
"The state Legislature should take a hard look at how the T has been set up for failure, saddled with Big Dig debt and insufficient public funding." — Elizabeth L. Merrick
The point of Lent is not to lose weight but to shed self-obsession, writes Jennifer Graham.
With the threat of an attack against Iran’s nuclear program looming, this is no time for the Cambridge mayor’s office to remain vacant.
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