Poll finds deep economic worries
Despite improvements in the economy, Mass. residents hold deeply pessimistic views about the future, according to a new Suffolk University/Boston Globe poll.
Spotlight follow-up
The cozy intersection of bench and bar
Socializing between some judges and lawyers who specialize in operating-under-the-influence cases is drawing scrutiny from judicial ethicists.
Yoon S. Byun/Globe Staff
Patriots 31, Colts 24
Patriots dominate the Colts, and then hold on
The Patriots took a 31-3 lead into the fourth quarter before the Colts mounted a comeback that fell short, leaving them still winless for the season.
Kristin Teig
GLOBE MAGAZINE | Your Home
A home for the holidays
The de Magistris family’s renovated-yet-rustic Vermont getaway is where everything — and at this time of year, everyone — comes together.
Occupy Boston case a test of free speech
Would sending the police to pull up the tent stakes on Occupy Boston be unconstitutional under the First Amendment? That is the question in the hands of the court.
SPECIAL SECTION | DIVERSITY BOSTON
Black history through the lens of a smartphone
The vanished history of black people in Boston is visible again to anybody with a smartphone, thanks to a free “augmented reality’’ Black History app.
“There has to be a fine line drawn between judges and lawyers socializing . . . so that justice is, if you will, blind and impartial.”
Robert A. Barton, retired state Superior Court Judge
Inside The Boston Globe
Columnists
Metro
Foxborough residents protest a casino
The anticasino drumbeat escalated yesterday in Foxborough and neighboring communities, as organizers staged a protest on the town common.
Diversity Boston
Diversity Boston
Boy Scouts seek to expand their membership in the inner city
Since the start of the year, the Boston Minuteman Council, a division of Boy Scouts of America, has been pressing to curb the race divide that marks its membership.
Business
Joslin makes a push to bring ideas to market
Joslin Diabetes Center is known for being many things, but it has never been known as a hotbed of entrepreneurship. Its latest chief executive wants to make it just that.
Nation & World
Romney slides to third place in Iowa poll
Former House Speaker Newt Gingrich, whose candidacy tanked over the summer, has surged into first place in Iowa, according to a Des Moines Register poll published.
Sports
On hockey
Bruins playing like a team for the ages
The next win that awaits the Bruins is tomorrow night in Pittsburgh. After that, it’s a return visit to Winnipeg for another 2 points to stick in the satchel.
Travel
Eco-initiatives in the Caribbean
The majority of Caribbean resorts have spent the last few years playing a serious game of eco catch-up making significant efforts to “go green.”
Books
BOOK REVIEW
‘Bento’s Sketchbook’ by John Berger
With Spinoza as his muse, John Berger blends sketches with meditations on the world we live in.
Arts
Critic's Corner
100 years later, Mahler seems a contemporary composer
Mahler’s music is ubiquitous, perhaps more than ever during these last two years of anniversary tributes.
Opinion
“The public doesn’t expect perfection from its role models. Because if perfection were the standard, there would be no role models at all.”
Joanna Weiss
Ideas
Why anyone is ever selfless is a mystery that has fascinated, not to mention frustrated, scientists since Charles Darwin, who considered it a major problem for his theory of natural selection.
Leon Neyfakh