Opinion
Why I Left My Dream Job at WBZ
It was a spectacular, sunny day on Cape Cod. And yet I was devastatingly sad. While my kids and wife were happily getting ready for […]
So You Don’t Want to Go Back to the Office?
Post-COVID, we’re in so many revolutions at once. The top three revolutions seem to be in education (upward of $50,000 a year for college is […]
How to Be a Real New Englander? Complain.
I was born in Boston and grew up just outside of it. Save for four years in Wisconsin—loved it; wicked cold—I’ve been here all my […]
So You Want to Get Rich Quick?
You never really learn much about life from your triumphs. You learn from your mistakes. I’ve been in the investment world for decades, and my […]
Why Are There So Many Wild Turkeys on The Loose in Massachusetts?
Here’s one more reason the rest of the country hates us: We’re pretty. More than that, we’re pretty in every season. In the summer, we […]
The Cold Truth: Swimming Walden Pond in November
I arrived at Walden Pond State Reservation just after sunrise, recalling that a certain local resident named Thoreau once wrote, “Morning brings back the heroic […]
Why I Left the Boston Ballet
Standing in the wings before the curtain lifted for the third and final act of The Sleeping Beauty, I became acutely aware of the backstage […]
Confessions of a Twitcher
I used to do cocaine. A lot of it. As in, five out of seven nights a week. It might not be immediately apparent what […]
Why Is Sound Therapy Having a Moment?
I’d never really given much thought to the idea of sound therapy—that is, until I attended a wellness retreat at Maine’s Hidden Pond resort back […]
The Untenable Misery of Shoe Shopping for New England Weather
WHEN YOU GROW UP in Massachusetts, you grow up with weather. Sure, every place has it, but not like here. We got the best. It’s […]
Meditating on the Art of Marriage
This is a love story, both simple and tricky, as all love stories are. I will begin with the tricky part, on Lake Champlain in […]
It’s Officially Time to Revamp Massachusetts’ State Symbols
I might rag on my state for the usual reasons, like the lousy winters, the traffic, and the drivers who create it. But deep down, […]
Into the Antarctic Void: My Luxury Cruise to Breathtaking Desolation
I have a photo of myself standing high on a ridge overlooking Neko Harbor in Antarctica. I appear to be smiling, and my hatless head […]
Will the ‘Millionaires’ Tax’ Hobble the Massachusetts Economy?
Erin Calvo-Bacci is worried. At age 52, with the youngest of three daughters now in high school, she expects the eventual sale of her business—the […]
How I Learned There’s Heroism in Preparedness
April 15, 2013, was a gut-wrenching, horrible day, one in which I, as executive director of the Boston Marathon and president of the Boston Athletic […]