Tony Massarotti
Tom Brady within reach of NFL’s highest level
If Brady wins another Super Bowl, he could earn a reputation as the best quarterback ever.
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Bill McKibben, the man who crushed the Keystone XL pipeline
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Bill McKibben is a mild-mannered Vermont journalist, but he engineered history’s largest green protest, derailed a $7 billion oil pipeline, and became the environmental movement’s most unlikely celebrity.
Gingrich edges closer to Romney in South Carolina poll
The Republican presidential race is tightening in South Carolina, where Mitt Romney’s lead over Newt Gingrich is shrinking in the final days before Saturday’s primary.
Hundreds of Boston teachers expected to rally
The rally will begin moments before the School Committee is scheduled to meet tonight behind closed doors to discuss collective bargaining strategies related to the contract talks.
New Partners, Tufts pact aims to contain health care costs
Partners HealthCare System said its new four-year pact with Tufts Health Plan will lower reimbursements by more than $105 million.
Hard Rock looks beyond Holyoke for casino
Hard Rock International signaled today that it is looking to take its casino plans to another community due to political opposition from the city’s new mayor.
“We recognize the significant offerings Western Massachusetts has for our brand and continue to evaluate opportunities in the region.”
Jim Allen, chairman Hard Rock International
Inside The Boston Globe
Columnists
Metro
Riders blast T fare, service plans
Nearly 300 MBTA riders wedged into Newton’s War Memorial Hall to express fear and frustration over the steep fare increases and dramatic service cuts proposed by the T.
Nation & World
Tight budgets hit prekindergarten programs
The expansion in public prekindergarten programs has slowed and even been reversed in some states as school districts cope with shrinking budgets.
Politics
GOP candidates stumble on facts in S.C. debate
This is one of a series of fact checks the Globe runs on statements by the candidates. The statements were made at Monday's GOP presidential debate in South Carolina.
Business
L.L.Bean marks 100 years with ‘Bootmobile’
The Maine retailer is launching its celebration with the debut of the “Bootmobile,” a 13-foot-high, 20-foot-long vehicle shaped like - what else? - a boot.
Sports
Red Sox notebook
Big gap remains with David Ortiz
The Red Sox and Ortiz had a difference of about $4 million in their arbitration offers. But the team reached a deal with Jacoby Ellsbury.
Food and dining
At MIT, dine like a 14th-century nobleman
MIT doesn’t seem like a place where you can dine on food from the Middle Ages. But this month, you could prepare, cook, and eat medieval.
Arts
BOOK REVIEW
‘Plots Against the President’ by Sally Denton
The book details in a brisk, cogent narrative what Roosevelt faced after he won election against Herbert Hoover in 1932.
Opinion
“Santorum’s experience in New Hampshire suggests that for Gen Yers, gay equality is not just one of many issues, but rather a primary concern in evaluating a politician.”
Scot Lehigh
Ideas
“The problem, as Shoup and his allies see it, is that parking on the street is simply too desirable. Because spaces are so cheap, drivers have a powerful incentive to spend time hunting for them.”
Leon Neyfakh on the case for the $6 parking meter