Dan Shaughnessy
These Red Sox do not deserve a playoff spot
Really, how do you root for these guys anymore? They are 5-16 in September. Don’t accept injury excuses. This is about underperformance.
Despite new policy, deportation reprieves unevenly applied
Matthew J. Lee/Globe Staff
Reyna Quintanilla entered the US legally and has no criminal record, yet faces deportation despite new federal guidelines on prosecutorial discretion.
Romney, Perry keep up fight in debate
Mitt Romney and Rick Perry turned on one another last night with heated attacks over their authenticity, commitment to conservative principles, and ability to defeat President Obama.
Obama allows states to opt out of some ‘No Child’ rules
President Obama called the Bush-era No Child Left Behind law an admirable but flawed effort that has hurt students instead of helping them.
VISUAL ARTS
MFA sends looted ‘Weary Herakles’ statue back to Turkey
After years of negotiations, the Museum of Fine Arts recently acknowledged that the statue was probably originally looted from an excavation in Turkey and should never have entered the collection.
Palestinian leader asks UN to recognize state
Mahmoud Abbas formally asked the United Nations to recognize the state of Palestine today, defying US and Israeli opposition.
Steven Syre
Anxiety grips world markets
Cautious words from the Fed, evidence of a slowing economy in China, and worries about Europe’s debt crisis all help drive investors out of riskier holdings.
“Remember the picture of Atlas, the guy who was holding up the world by himself? He just got a gigantic charley horse.”
James Weiss, Weiss Capital Management in Concord
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Columnists
Metro
Wal-Mart store opposed in Roxbury
At a meeting last night, residents and community leaders said the company is not welcome in their neighborhood.
Business
Stewart, Staples team up
Martha Stewart has made her way into craft stores, pet shops, and cookware outlets. Now the home fashion guru is showing up at the office.
Nation
Obama takes jobs fight to Boehner’s turf
President Obama pitched his jobs plan yesterday from the turf of the top Republicans on Capitol Hill, combatively calling them out by name to demand action.
World
Turkey takes Israel to task at UN
Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan used his appearance before the annual General Assembly yesterday to enumerate a long list of grievances with Israel, a former ally.
Sports
Red Sox vs. Yankees, 7 p.m.
Russell Martin: Yankees will do ‘anything to get the Red Sox out’
Facing the Sox, even in a race to the postseason, often makes players dance around questions. Not so for Martin.
Movies
Movie Review
Tale of wounded dolphin is fine family fare
"Dolphin Tale" is an excellent family film that lightly fictionalizes the tale of Winter, the Florida dolphin with a prosthetic tail.
Arts
Stage Review
The humor, horror of ‘Candide’
Considering the national mood, this adaptation of Voltaire’s blistering satire of the glass-half-full worldview is coming at the right time.
Opinion
“Why should it be considered brutal to provide a terminally ill patient the means of ending his life a few months or weeks earlier than his illness otherwise would?”
Scot Lehigh
Ideas
“It doesn’t make any difference whether you assign more homework in English, science, or history. Students will still do the same.”
Ozkan Eren, assistant professor of economics at the University of Nevada, on whether homework works