http://www.boston.com/news/local/mcgrory en-us 2011-09-11T17:54:52Z 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/2011/09/11/the_undiminished_aftershocks_of_that_day?rss_id=Boston+Globe+--+Brian+McGrory+columns Ten years later, and that day remains brilliantly lit yet deep in shadows, its meaning a work in progress - for the nation, for the world, and for each of us. Brian McGrory, Globe Staff 2011-09-11T01:59:31Z met http://www.boston.com/news/local/massachusetts/articles/2011/09/09/hes_not_quite_sorry?rss_id=Boston+Globe+--+Brian+McGrory+columns Former House Speaker Salvatore DiMasi pled for leniency in federal court yesterday ahead of his sentencing today by Judge Mark Wolf. As he addressed the court, DiMasi said many things - that he was a “broken man;’’ that he was “unable to fully comprehend what has happened;’’ that his “family is devastated;’’ and that he “caused the institution I love to suffer disgrace.’’ - but he never said he was sorry for his crimes. Brian McGrory, Globe Columnist 2011-09-09T04:10:06Z met http://www.boston.com/news/local/massachusetts/articles/2011/09/07/the_mother_who_turned_down_2_million?rss_id=Boston+Globe+--+Brian+McGrory+columns Ken Feinberg, a Brockton born lawyer, was the special master of the September 11 Victim Compensation Fund, in charge of distributing government-funded settlements to the families of the dead and those who were injured in the attacks, provided they agreed not to sue the airlines whose planes were turned into missiles. He personally met with relatives of over half of the deceased. Feinberg knows of just two survivors who declined the $2 million settlement. The story of one haunts him. Brian McGrory, Globe Columnist 2011-09-07T04:00:00Z met http://www.boston.com/news/local/massachusetts/articles/2011/08/31/new_kind_of_contender?rss_id=Boston+Globe+--+Brian+McGrory+columns It’s as if someone slipped a can of Red Bull into her triple espresso. I spent an hour yesterday with Elizabeth Warren, the most talked-about Democrat nobody really knows, and before I get all wrapped up, please allow me to offer some disclaimers. Brian McGrory, Globe Columnist 2011-08-31T04:00:00Z met http://www.boston.com/news/local/massachusetts/articles/2011/08/26/lawsuit_offers_view_of_sound_and_fury_high_above_boston_common?rss_id=Boston+Globe+--+Brian+McGrory+columns Imagine, for a moment, really making it in life. Imagine suddenly finding yourself with the means - yes, money - to buy the condominium of your dreams in downtown Boston. Brian McGrory, Globe Columnist 2011-08-26T05:12:27Z met http://www.boston.com/news/local/massachusetts/articles/2011/08/12/wall_st_flock_mentality?rss_id=Boston+Globe+--+Brian+McGrory+columns In my indefatigable quest to offer you, dear readers, more insight into the financial markets at this most perilous time, today I invite you on a field trip to a very special place. Brian McGrory, Globe Columnist 2011-08-12T06:13:06Z met http://www.boston.com/news/local/massachusetts/articles/2011/08/10/leadership_now_please?rss_id=Boston+Globe+--+Brian+McGrory+columns I’m pleading with John Kerry, one of the rare adults in Washington these days, to knock it off with the “Tea Party downgrade’’ line he’s been tossing around national TV, especially now that he’s been named to the budget-cutting “super committee.’’ I’m begging Barack Obama to cut it out with the embarrassing “We’ve always been and always will be a ... Brian McGrory, Globe Columnist 2011-08-10T05:17:20Z met http://www.boston.com/news/local/massachusetts/articles/2011/08/05/golfer_goes_off_course?rss_id=Boston+Globe+--+Brian+McGrory+columns For just a moment, please put aside all your prejudices about golfers and the places where they play. Instead, think about a course called the Thorny Lea Golf Club on the west side of Brockton, a place unlike any other. Brian McGrory, Globe Columnist 2011-08-05T02:47:41Z met http://www.boston.com/news/local/massachusetts/articles/2011/07/15/make_boston_bicycle_free?rss_id=Boston+Globe+--+Brian+McGrory+columns As Mayor Tom Menino prepares to roll out an ambitious bicycle-sharing program on the streets of our great city this month, offering hundreds of bikes for short-term rental all across town, I might urge him to go in a slightly different direction. Brian McGrory, Globe Columnist 2011-07-15T03:11:52Z met http://www.boston.com/news/local/massachusetts/articles/2011/07/13/clearing_the_tunnel_vision?rss_id=Boston+Globe+--+Brian+McGrory+columns I’m driving through the Central Artery tunnel yesterday, peering toward a ceiling so pockmarked it looks like it’s a century old, gazing at walls that leak ocean water, eyeing light fixtures that are known to fall down, and one simple question keeps rattling around my nervous brain. Brian McGrory, Globe Columnist 2011-07-13T03:41:33Z met http://www.boston.com/news/local/massachusetts/articles/2011/07/08/dilemma_in_a_dish?rss_id=Boston+Globe+--+Brian+McGrory+columns There’s an old vaudeville line about the definition of a mixed emotion: Your mother-in-law drives off a cliff - in your new car. Brian McGrory, Globe Columnist 2011-07-08T03:13:36Z met http://www.boston.com/news/local/massachusetts/articles/2011/07/01/whitey_still_flying_high?rss_id=Boston+Globe+--+Brian+McGrory+columns Enough already with the helicopters and the jets and the caravans that make Whitey Bulger look like he’s the exiled president of a developing nation. Brian McGrory, Globe Columnist 2011-07-01T03:24:52Z met http://www.boston.com/news/local/massachusetts/articles/2011/06/29/vanishing_ink_in_hubs_core?rss_id=Boston+Globe+--+Brian+McGrory+columns Warning: This is a Whitey-free zone today. This space will contain no phrases like “reign of terror.’’ You will not see words like “thug’’ or “maim.’’ There will be no mobster nicknames, no rampant speculation on whom he might give up, no guesswork on how many millions he has stashed away in an overseas bank. Brian McGrory, Globe Columnist 2011-06-29T05:23:30Z met http://www.boston.com/news/local/massachusetts/articles/2011/06/24/justice_finally_for_boston?rss_id=Boston+Globe+--+Brian+McGrory+columns In James “Whitey’’ Bulger’s capture, there is finally justice for all. There is, of course, the critical justice for every daughter, every son, every sibling, and every spouse of every one of the 19 or more victims Bulger allegedly killed in his multidecade, FBI-sanctioned reign of terror. Brian McGrory, Globe Columnist 2011-06-24T05:54:56Z met http://www.boston.com/news/local/massachusetts/articles/2011/06/22/waterfront_hits_its_stride?rss_id=Boston+Globe+--+Brian+McGrory+columns It was strictly out of pity that I pointed my car toward the South Boston Waterfront Sunday night to trade a few coins for clams at the massive new Legal Sea Foods complex. Poor Roger Berkowitz, I figured, had eaten so much mercury-tainted swordfish that he had completely lost his mind. Brian McGrory, Globe Columnist 2011-06-22T05:29:58Z met http://www.boston.com/news/local/massachusetts/articles/2011/06/22/the_officer_and_the_champion_golfer?rss_id=Boston+Globe+--+Brian+McGrory+columns Barney Murphy is a 49-year-old Irish-born cop on Cape Cod with a golf game so utterly hopeless that he can’t bring himself to keep score. Rory McIlroy is the new United States Open champion, a 22-year-old Northern Irishman who has captured the hearts and hopes of the entire golfing world. Brian McGrory, Globe Staff 2011-06-22T05:29:08Z met http://www.boston.com/news/local/massachusetts/articles/2011/06/20/carroll_center_lauds_work_of_its_forced_out_leader?rss_id=Boston+Globe+--+Brian+McGrory+columns The acclaimed Carroll Center for the Blind in Newton has reached a financial settlement with its former president and issued a laudatory statement about his performance, following a Globe story that reported he was forced out amid a school-funded investigation into whether he had inappropriate contact with a female employee. Brian McGrory, Globe Staff 2011-06-20T04:29:06Z met http://www.boston.com/news/local/massachusetts/articles/2011/06/17/dreaming_possible_dreams?rss_id=Boston+Globe+--+Brian+McGrory+columns Welcome to the age of the possible in this happy little hamlet. No, the Stanley Cup isn’t going to get the unemployed guy a job. It’s not going to pay anyone’s rent when there’s nothing left in the bank. It’s not going to fix a broken marriage, or cure a sick child, or get customers through the door of a ... Brian McGrory, Globe Columnist 2011-06-17T03:20:15Z met http://www.boston.com/news/local/massachusetts/articles/2011/06/15/an_innocent_priest_dies_of_a_broken_heart?rss_id=Boston+Globe+--+Brian+McGrory+columns The first time the Rev. Charles Murphy was cleared of accusations that he improperly touched a minor, a girl 25 years earlier, everyone who ever met him said they had never doubted his innocence. Brian McGrory, Globe Columnist 2011-06-15T03:38:52Z met