Trump had gloated over Jimmy Kimmel’s suspension and made it clear he was looking for more heads to roll, Jill Abramson writes. It’s time for the talent — Kimmel and his late-night brethren — to get sweet revenge by going solo.

With Kirk as the patron saint, the Trump administration will expand what many consider a holy war that not only divides the country but also aims to eliminate the other side, Joan Vennochi writes.

This week in my @globeopinion.bsky.social Supreme Court newsletter The Gavel, I will be answering reader questions about the upcoming term. Have a question? Post it in reply to this post! I'll answer as many as space allows.

Right-wing figures have repeatedly claimed that Charlie Kirk's killer was inspired by the “radical left.” But many may be ill-prepared to face the possibility that he was black-pilled, or deeply nihilistic, and supported no party, Joan Donovan writes.

“I’m worried about research that simply asks a bunch of women in heterosexual relationships about their efforts to get their male partners more socially engaged, because it might deliver distorted results,” @jessesingal.com writes.

“This nation is struggling to live with the Trump administration’s atrocities,” @rygraham.bsky.social writes. “But to foster joy is to hold on to hope, something that has become increasingly difficult.”

“The civic square has retreated online, and many of today’s teenagers and 20-somethings turn to the internet and social media to air their discontent, develop their opinions, and hone their arguments,” Shaila Kapoor writes.

Kirk’s shooting may not be an act of political violence at all, but something more ominous altogether, Mattia Ferraresi writes. It is yet another case of a troubled young man channeling hidden frustrations at a public figure whom algorithms had likely trained him to hate.

“Lachlan Murdoch will probably chart a different course,” writes Jill Abramson. “But no one is yet sure where he is going.”

Team Biden never gave Kamala Harris a chance. My latest @globeopinion.bsky.social column.

Democrats need a leader who shares the worldview of the majority of Americans, someone who can fight for an inclusive America without sounding woke and take on special interests without talking like a socialist, Yascha Mounk writes.

Editorial: The ability — and willingness — to talk across political lines, to view your opponents as people to persuade, not merely to demonize, is what the country desperately needs right now.

There’s a contingent of people who couldn’t care less about the cost or the constitutional issues surrounding White Stadium, Alan Wirzbicki writes. They just want some assurance that game days won’t turn into traffic nightmares. #AreWeThereYet

Blocking a historic preservation project in Harvard Square because it’d add housing & affordable homes in the back makes no sense.  Glad to join my City Council colleagues in calling attention to this in @globeopinion.bsky.social www.bostonglobe.com/2025/09/02/o...

These attacks are not isolated incidents; rather, they are part of a broader campaign to pressure Palestinians off their land and make way for new construction, Klara Vlahčević Lisinski writes.

“There’s 'Maslow’s Hierarchy of Needs,' and there’s ‘Mom’s Hierarchy of Needs,’” author Leslie Forde tells @leungboston.bsky.social on #SayMore. Listen to the episode:

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It’s time to retire the too-quaint description of RFK Jr. as a “vaccine skeptic.” He's an anti-vaccination eugenicist, an ardent pusher of junk theories about health, @rygraham.bsky.social writes. And he has Trump’s full endorsement.

Boston is becoming a city suited for either the wealthy who can afford the city’s exorbitant prices or the poor who qualify for low-income housing — with a diminishing middle class. How to change that trajectory needs to be front and center in the mayor’s race.

The dispute between President Trump and Fed Governor Lisa Cook not only has vast economic implications, but it will likely take the Supreme Court to ultimately sort out, @kimberlyeatkins.bsky.social writes. So what will the justices do?

Commanding the Fed- © Chappatte in The @bostonglobe.com via @globeopinion.bsky.social 👉 www.bostonglobe.com/2025/08/27/o... 👉chappatte.com

The Trump Administration has aggressively altered countless American institutions and norms, @rebeccaspiess.bsky.social writes. This includes official government communications. Can you tell the difference between messages from the government and posts from trolling X users?

As conservatives continue to emphasize natalism and traditional families, nothing could make them happier than a blonde bombshell marrying a hunky football player in the midst of low birth rates and rising numbers of unmarried women, Carine Hajjar writes.

Airlines have turned air travel into a succession of small transactions, Alan Wirzbicki writes. While it’s hard to put a name on it, that feeling of being slowly gouged is also a big reason why flying is so bad. #AreWeThereYet

Why, Gloria, why? My latest @globeopinion.bsky.social column.

Trump is helping Mayor Michelle Wu not by voicing support for any particular candidate but by handing her a national platform to defy him, Joan Vennochi writes.

Mature men do not naturally emerge like butterflies from boyish cocoons, Rob Henderson writes. They must be carefully encouraged, nurtured, counseled, and prodded into taking the actions necessary to achieve mature manhood.

My latest @globeopinion.bsky.social column — the last one for a while! (Read the note at the end!) At Boston’s Dominican parade and festival, fear lingers but joy wins: www.bostonglobe.com/2025/08/19/o... @boston.gov

One person’s humor can be another person’s microaggression, Joan Vennochi writes. The peril of committing a microaggression lies at the heart of the lawsuit filed by former WBZ anchor Kate Merrill against her former employer.

If you're against same-sex marriage for religious reasons, don't marry someone of the same-sex — problem solved. Now leave marriage equality alone. My latest @globeopinion.bsky.social column.

Troops deployed in DC - © Chappatte in The Boston Globe, USA @bostonglobetoday.bsky.social via @globeopinion.bsky.social 👉 www.bostonglobe.com/2025/08/14/o...

“Peace may have to come the hard way, through Western resolve and with American aid — and a recognition that Putin won’t be satisfied with anything but a bloody military victory,” John J. Miller writes.

Whether it’s torching billionaires or ripping MLB, sports radio host Michael Felger plays the part Boston needs: the guy who still refuses to be bought off or distracted, @joon.bsky.social writes.

“I’d argue it’s time to create a new term for social media, one that better describes the current digital landscape,” @rebeccaspiess.bsky.social writes. “After all, no one is calling cars ‘horseless carriages,’ and no one thinks that a porn bot on Twitter is helping you build a friend group.”

From a Klansman's endorsement to child sex trafficker Ghislaine Maxwell's preferential treatment, a brief history of Trump's feigned ignorance. My latest @globeopinion.bsky.social column.

“My colleagues and I faced a choice: Remain and legitimize an extreme, mid-decade map redistricting that many Texans reject or leave the state to deny a quorum to defend our constituents’ voices. We chose to leave,” @lalanitx.bsky.social writes.

“It’s not about self-infantilizing and retreating into childhood. It’s about a simple thing that hurts no one and makes someone feel better,” @rygraham.bsky.social writes.

The mayor’s two-year “anti-displacement action plan” includes more than 40 new or enhanced initiatives aimed at stabilizing homes, businesses, and cultural spaces in neighborhoods vulnerable to the predations of the market, Renée Loth writes.

"Starvation is an outrage and a scandal — and very often a crime. The unfolding famine in Gaza today is a massacre in slow motion," writes Alex de Waal. @globeopinion.bsky.social www.bostonglobe.com/2025/08/07/o...

“I’ve always had a sense of my own ‘otherness,’” author Viet Thanh Nguyen says on #SayMore. “Too often minority writers have felt the temptation to explain and to translate.”

I'm in today's @globeopinion.bsky.social assessing the damage of Gaza and weighing what kind of leaders in America will be the first to truly seize this issue. www.bostonglobe.com/2025/08/07/o...

New in @globeopinion.bsky.social: Blue state governors insist this time they won't bring a knife to redistricting gun fight. Trouble is, they're packing a water gun. They don't have ammo or numbers to win. The tough talk is bluster. They need a long-term plan. www.bostonglobe.com/2025/08/06/o...

“Men are increasingly absent from the literary world, not only as readers but increasingly as writers, critics, and cultural participants in the reading public," Finnegan Schick writes.

New from me in @globeopinion.bsky.social: Democrats can't gerrymander themselves out of their gerrymandering problem. The math doesn't add up. www.bostonglobe.com/2025/08/06/o...

My @globeopinion.bsky.social latest! A legal win for immigrant protections — but the clock is still ticking: www.bostonglobe.com/2025/08/05/o... via @bostonglobe.com

For every self-quantifier optimizing zone two training, there’s someone quietly opting out, discouraged or overwhelmed, David Shaywitz writes in #GlobeIdeas.

Opinion | Bernie Sanders on Israel and Gaza: "This is not military strategy. There is no military purpose to starving children. This is an effort to destroy a people. This is ethnic cleansing." www.bostonglobe.com/2025/08/01/o... @globeopinion.bsky.social ‪@sanders.senate.gov‬

One-third of the court is already made up of Trump appointees, @kimberlyeatkins.bsky.social writes in #TheGavel. But according to a Time magazine report, he is busily preparing to add more.

Me and @marcelagarcia.bsky.social — my @globeopinion.bsky.social work bestie — interview each other for our newsletters: OUTTAKES and ¡Mira! globe.com/OUTTAKES