‘Do we tear it down or restore it?’ Redesigning a fire damaged Victorian in Cambridge.

A four-story addition with two new baths, a kitchen, and a spa connects seamlessly to the outdoors. Continue reading →

America doesn’t need Trump’s $40 million statue collection. We already have one that the states paid for.

The National Garden of American Heroes is an ambitious project. It’s also unnecessary. Continue reading →

How a sculptor from Jamaica Plain carved out a friendship with an author in Hiroshima before meeting him

The bibliography note that sparked a friendship. Continue reading →

Politics

Trump’s team offers to keep some ballroom donors incognito, NYT finds

The White House has promised transparency about funding for a new ballroom. But the identities of several donors to the project have been withheld from the public, the New York Times found. Continue reading →

Politics

Trump’s search for eternity: Heaven? Maybe not, he says. Monuments? Absolutely.

The man who over a long career in business slapped his name on buildings around the world now seems intent on leaving his mark in even more grandiose fashion. Continue reading →

Politics

The debate dividing the Supreme Court’s liberal justices

The differing stances of Ketanji Brown Jackson, and Elena Kagan and Sonia Sotomayor, show that liberals on the Supreme Court are divided on their approaches to their jobs. Continue reading →

World

Putin brandishes menacing nuclear weapons as talks with US falter

News Analysis: The timing may not have been coincidental, analysts say, and Putin’s point was clear: Given the serious threat of Russia’s nuclear arsenal, the United States will ultimately need to respect Moscow’s power and negotiate — like it or not. Continue reading →

World

Ukraine says it hit a key fuel pipeline near Moscow that supplies Russian forces

The claim came amid a sustained Russian campaign of massive drone and missile attacks on Ukraine’s energy infrastructure. Continue reading →

World

Working past 100? In Japan, some people never quit.

Japan has about 100,000 people who have lived for a century or more — the most in the world, and more per capita than in any other country. The frailty that comes with age is creating challenges for Japan, where a record-low birthrate means ever more retirees and fewer working-age people to support them. Continue reading →

Letters

Practical, reasonable concerns are not ‘NIMBY’

Just because a project has laudatory goals, such as helping people in need to obtain affordable housing, that does not necessarily mean it is well planned. Continue reading →

Editorials

New graduation requirement should include coursework, proof of learning

Policy makers shouldn’t rule out the use of standardized tests. Continue reading →

Letters

There’s the natural evolution of precedent, and then there’s the Roberts court

Perhaps the public’s more recent charges of judicial activism or legislating from the bench are a reaction to our three branches of government being out of balance. Continue reading →

Metro

‘There’s so much uncertainty’: SNAP benefits in limbo despite court rulings

Policy advocates and SNAP beneficiaries welcomed Friday’s rulings blocking the Trump administration from halting food stamp payments but emphasized that many questions remain. Continue reading →

Vermont

The war against drugs is a war of economics that is unwinnable

The expose by the Globe Spotlight Team tells a sad truth about the so-called war against drugs. Continue reading →

Politics

Trump has teased — and dismissed — the idea of a third term. Mass. Democrats are looking to stop one path he could try.

Massachusetts Democratic leaders said they would seek to rescind the state’s previous applications for an Article V Constitutional Convention, at least one of which dates back nearly a century. Continue reading →

Patriots

NFL MVP Drake Maye? Probably not, but his candidacy is no joke, and other thoughts.

The award tends to go to the best player on the best team, and at this hour Maye’s team is ahead of the Bills and Chiefs. Continue reading →

Celtics

Kevin Durant relishing his role as the grizzled veteran of the Rockets’ young team

"We’re coming together pretty quickly and starting to understand each other as teammates,” said Durant, 37. Continue reading →

Bruins

Bruins on a winning streak after beating Hurricanes for third consecutive victory

Casey Mittlestadt and Viktor Arvidsson scored early in the third period for a 2-0 lead, and the Bruins held on from there. Jeremy Swayman made 28 saves in his return to the net. Continue reading →

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Ideas

Why France’s stolen crown jewels matter

The story of the Louvre heist is sensational. It’s got nothing on the stories behind the loot itself. Continue reading →

Ideas

What if we are misremembering the civil rights movement?

Harvard professor Brandon M. Terry offers a new way of thinking about what the leaders of that period achieved, what they lost, and why we should still have hope. Continue reading →

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Museums

The vibrant art of Allan Rohan Crite, who chronicled Black Boston, finally gets recognition

A long overdue survey of Crite's work, which he said was a lifelong effort to "tell the story of man through the Black figure," is on display at the Gardner museum and the Athenaeum. Continue reading →

Television

‘All in the Family’? ‘Seinfeld’? Ranking the top 10 network sitcoms of all time

The shows on TV critic Chris Vognar's list are strictly comedy (no dramedy), and strictly network (as they always said, it's not TV, it's HBO). Continue reading →

Books

One Pynchon after another

The author's new novel, "Shadow Ticket," and a movie adaptation of "Vineland" is a cultural one-two punch. Continue reading →

Travel

I used ChatGPT to plan my vacation. Here’s why I wish I hadn’t.

Here’s why real people still matter in the age of AI travel planning. Continue reading →

Travel

Astoria – of ‘Goonies’ fame – wants your attention

Residents don’t mind film fans taking selfies everywhere. Just be cool and follow the rules. Continue reading →

Real Estate

Water is coming for the Seaport; the whole city will be poorer for it.

Buildings in the Seaport fund one-tenth of Boston’s property-tax base. Flood waters and sea level rise will soon put that at risk. Continue reading →

Real Estate

Encore casino is helping transform Everett into a housing hot spot

Industrial Everett wasn’t exactly a development hot spot before 2014, when the Massachusetts Gaming Commission cleared the way for Wynn Resorts’ Encore Boston Harbor. Continue reading →