COMMENTARY

After two surgeries and a biopsy this year, commentator Morgan Sheehan has insurance coverage on her mind. Recently she talked with her friend Karl about his.

Our commentator hopes to reshape prejudiced and fragmented perceptions of the Arab world by inspiring awe and joy — rather than fear.

Commentator Lauren Ostberg has had a difficult year. There's a poem she's been turning to lately.

Commentator Robert Chipkin says he is, predictably, not too happy with the results. But actually, he admits, he's not entirely unhappy, either.

Commentator Nicole M. Young-Martin says she's proud of the resilient life she's lived. However, she says, she's not the spokesperson for the invalid.

The recent stint of spring-like temperatures in our area has some of us hoping flowers will begin popping up sooner than usual. Commentator Susan Johnson has been pondering whether that's a good thing.

What's next? Both parents and adult kids are facing major turning points more or less simultaneously.

Composer and conductor Alice Parker died last week at her home in Hawley, Massachusetts, at the age of 98. She's remembered in this commentary by her neighbor and friend, Tinky Weisblat.

What makes a Christmas song a Christmas song? For many, it’s a nostalgic sound that evokes past holiday seasons. But everyone might not agree on what holiday nostalgia sounds like.

Eighty years ago this month, a surprise German air raid during World War II destroyed an Allied fleet in an Italian harbor. This disaster led to an important medical breakthrough that commentator Andrew Lam thinks is worth remembering.