http://www.boston.com/news/local/abraham en-us 2011-09-11T17:52:09Z http://www.boston.com/ http://cache.boston.com/bonzai-fba/File-Based_Image_Resource/bcom_logo_140w.gif http://www.boston.com/news/local/massachusetts/articles/2011/09/08/of_guns_and_politicians?rss_id=Boston+Globe+--+Yvonne+Abraham+columns On guns, as on many other things, Massachusetts is increasingly isolated. Most other states do the NRA’s bidding, or fall for the bogus notion that putting any controls on deadly weapons amounts to violating the constitutional right to bear arms. But Massachusetts isn’t an island. All the gun laws in the world won’t keep weapons from coming in from other states, including Texas. Which is why Rick Perry’s jokes about gun control aren’t at all funny. Yvonne Abraham, Globe Columnist 2011-09-08T03:35:59Z met http://www.boston.com/news/local/massachusetts/articles/2011/09/04/sampling_the_hidden_gems_of_the_city?rss_id=Boston+Globe+--+Yvonne+Abraham+columns Here are secrets well-kept, and for too long. They’re just around the corner, or up a few flights, from the places we go every day. But most of us never see them. There are cool, magical, hidden spots all over the city: Beautiful gardens tucked in amongst the concrete, observation decks that will change your perspective, inviting lobbies that double as riveting museums, cozy community rooms offering respite from bustle or cold. They’re places where you can actually pause and think. And though it might not seem like it sometimes, they’re open to all of us Yvonne Abraham, Globe Columnist 2011-09-04T02:50:23Z met http://www.boston.com/news/local/massachusetts/articles/2011/09/01/what_is_rich_davey_thinking?rss_id=Boston+Globe+--+Yvonne+Abraham+columns I sat down with Rich Davey this week. It was a good long chat, but I still can’t tell if he has all his marbles. Davey takes over as the state’s new chief of transportation today - the fourth sucker, er, secretary, to assume that position in about as many years. Apparently willingly, the 38-year-old has signed up to lead a huge, chronically underfunded transportation system crippled by debt, beset by maintenance issues, despised by taxpayers and whipsawed by political winds. Fun! Yvonne Abraham, Globe Columnist 2011-09-01T04:24:32Z met http://www.boston.com/news/local/massachusetts/articles/2011/08/28/balancing_fear_and_fun?rss_id=Boston+Globe+--+Yvonne+Abraham+columns CAMBRIDGE - Is the Kemp playground on Cambridge Common a spectacular wonderland for creative play, or a collection of spectacular accidents waiting to happen? Yvonne Abraham, Globe Columnist 2011-08-28T04:09:32Z met http://www.boston.com/news/local/massachusetts/articles/2011/08/25/a_wal_mart_conundrum?rss_id=Boston+Globe+--+Yvonne+Abraham+columns “Whatever you do, please put one in Boston,’’ Lorraine Carrington said on Tuesday afternoon. “Wal-Mart is a beautiful thing. Can you put in a good word?’’ Yvonne Abraham, Globe Columnist 2011-08-25T05:17:00Z met http://www.boston.com/news/local/massachusetts/articles/2011/08/21/elizabeth_warren_is_a_voice_we_need_to_hear?rss_id=Boston+Globe+--+Yvonne+Abraham+columns It’s hard to tell who is more fired up about Elizabeth Warren’s likely US Senate candidacy. Yvonne Abraham, Globe Columnist 2011-08-21T03:42:47Z met http://www.boston.com/news/local/massachusetts/articles/2011/08/18/waiting_for_giovanni?rss_id=Boston+Globe+--+Yvonne+Abraham+columns Three years. That’s how long Daisy Colon has been waiting for news of her son Giovanni, a 5-year-old who disappeared on a weekend visit with his father in Lynn on Aug. 17, 2008. Yvonne Abraham, Globe Columnist 2011-08-18T05:45:00Z met http://www.boston.com/news/local/massachusetts/articles/2011/08/14/a_farm_where_community_is_the_principal_crop?rss_id=Boston+Globe+--+Yvonne+Abraham+columns Stephanie grips the saddle for dear life. The ponytailed 12-year-old isn’t sure about Honey the horse. Yvonne Abraham, Globe Columnist 2011-08-14T03:35:41Z met http://www.boston.com/news/local/massachusetts/articles/2011/08/11/the_miracle_on_brattle_street?rss_id=Boston+Globe+--+Yvonne+Abraham+columns Like a lot of people, I’ve been scratching about for something - anything - to feel optimistic about in this week of market misery. On Tuesday, in an empty store on Brattle Street, I found it. Yvonne Abraham, Globe Columnist 2011-08-11T05:46:39Z met http://www.boston.com/news/local/massachusetts/articles/2011/08/07/betting_on_democracy?rss_id=Boston+Globe+--+Yvonne+Abraham+columns It is so refreshingly honest, so disarmingly straightforward in its use of the democratic process for personal gain. Yvonne Abraham, Globe Columnist 2011-08-07T03:35:47Z met