Like the victims of the Boston Marathon bombings, Travis Roy’s life changed in matter of seconds. Now, nearly 20 years after the accident that left him paralyzed, he offers a message of hope and consolation to the survivors struggling to come to grips with a new normal.

For many, Mother’s Day is a joyous celebration of the here and now. For others, it’s more complicated.

Despite my fears, I am speaking out about my bipolar 2 for the first time because I think it will help.

To call hunting “sport” is more than a misnomer: it’s an imprecision that has the effect of enlarging society’s acceptance of gun use generally.

In order to solve this problem once and for all, we need to eliminate the tolerance and the confusion about what is acceptable. A little shame goes a long way.

In a society where men and women are supposed to be equals, why do people feel so comfortable expressing the sentiment that life with daughters is somehow not enough?

Other nations have pulled off universal insurance without crashing and burning. There’s no cause to think that this big, capable country can’t match them.

It is inspiring and encouraging to see more and more of America conclude that marriage should be an option for all loving and committed couples.

Altercations between parents and coaches and referees aren’t that unusual. What is unusual is that young players are now getting in on the action.

Could it be that violent video games are an important outlet for aggression?

Unless checked, AP-Gate won’t be the last time the media is targeted as a way to control the information we, the American people, receive about our government

This generation throws more look-at-me parties than there are spellings of Caitlin.

When women put their collective hearts and minds toward something, they get it done.

Republican Gabriel Gomez is waging a steep uphill battle against veteran Massachusetts Democrat Ed Markey. However, many voters consider Gomez’s newcomer status a “a breath of fresh air” in a polluted political climate.

Commentator Bob Massie on why political conventions are a thing of the past.

But what if it were random instead? Might it shed some much needed light on the rat race that is getting into college?

“Lean In” pushes women to work full-time in high-powered jobs, even through motherhood. But it seems to willfully disregard one glaring fact: A great many of us don’t want to.

Elaine Kamarck says that while modern conventions may be boring, they are not obsolete. After all, the delegates have the final say in who gets to run for president.

Despite my fears, I am speaking out about my bipolar 2 for the first time because I think it will help.

Like the victims of the Boston Marathon bombings, Travis Roy’s life changed in matter of seconds. Now, nearly 20 years after the accident that left him paralyzed, he offers a message of hope and consolation to the survivors struggling to come to grips with a new normal.

In Boston’s delicate early spring, subject to changing temperatures and still wintry nights, we are haunted by memories, good and bad.

Three men were murdered last month in Boston’s lower-profile neighborhoods. They are just as deceased as the bombing victims. Read anything about them?

The notion that veiling and Islam somehow connote evil bothered me, and I wanted to do my small part to disrupt it, even if it meant running 3 miles clad head-to-toe in black.

The manhunt and capture of alleged 19-year-old Boston Marathon bombing suspect Dzhokhar Tsarnaev brought out my motherly instincts in a surprising way.

Something was bound to be strong enough to turn us holdouts into Bostonians. If only that something were almost anything but this.

Having run the marathon twice myself, I knew exactly how far away I was from the attack. Point seven miles.

But what if it were random instead? Might it shed some much needed light on the rat race that is getting into college?

“Lean In” pushes women to work full-time in high-powered jobs, even through motherhood. But it seems to willfully disregard one glaring fact: A great many of us don’t want to.

The ill health of democracy in Boston is why I gave up my safe seat on the City Council to campaign for mayor.

As the industry struggles to stay afloat, more and more newspapers are charging readers for online content. But instead of being straightforward, some papers refuse to call a spade a spade.

This what so many autism parents like me believe about our own children, but we forget. We forget it every single day, because we see so little of the evidence we need.

My MFA program gave me thick skin and knocked me down a few notches, both of which I desperately needed.

When we have children, we begin the only relationship in our lives built on the absolute understanding and expectation that they will grow beyond us and leave. And yet somehow when it happens, it can come as a shock.

I’m hooked not on the reward — but on the anticipation that precedes it.

From Mud Rooms to Super Bugs: California-bred Steve Almond translates some basic seasonal terms for fellow non-natives.

Love, unbounded by reality. It’s a beautiful thing… but probably best kept to yourself.