If you want a more pleasant commute, you should carry flowers on the T, writes Alan Wirzbicki. trib.al/hyrI8X1

Leaders knew for years about Steward’s fiscal disaster. The 14-year time span covers the administrations of three governors and three attorneys general, writes Joan Vennochi. trib.al/IHcwg0n

This story stands out as a small-scale example of how to overcome certain barriers to hire recently arrived migrants, most of whom are desperate to work and become self-sufficient, writes Marcela E. García. trib.al/I6POkmz

Editorial: There are two ways to shore up primary care: pay primary care doctors more and reduce the administrative burden. If the perception of primary care is that it pays too little and asks too much, medical students will enter specialty fields. trib.al/fLaSMV4

Editorial: Boston is a patchwork quilt of police jurisdictions. It doesn’t really matter most of the time — except in areas like Franklin Park where residents say jurisdictional uncertainty can translate into confusion. trib.al/cU9Idpa

There are plenty of moments when hope and history fail to rhyme, and as we near the beginning of a long hot summer (to borrow a ’60s phrase), we should guard against historical overreach, writes Ted Widmer. trib.al/NG7vtm6

Editorial: The imminent departure of Wellpath from 10 state facilities housing some 6,000 prisoners is good news. Another for-profit firm, VitalCore, will replace Wellpath — and will require a similar level of vigilance. trib.al/ZstNqzi

It’s simple math: More recipients means more spending. But the catch is we’re already spending a lot of money and how fast we’re spending it is alarming, writes Elsa Pearson Sites. trib.al/jUZECjO

The collective problems we face don’t mean they are the only problems we face. To truly address all of our needs requires a concerted effort to disaggregate the data, writes David Dam. trib.al/sH5HJEs

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Kenneth R. Manning: A new era was ushered in by the 1970 graduation. Now, as a professor at MIT for 50 years, I look back on this event as among the most important in my history of higher education. trib.al/lVHPhzX

A new era was ushered in by the 1970 graduation. Now, as a professor at Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) for 50 years, I look back on this event as among the most important in my history of higher education, writes Kenneth R. Manning. trib.al/WVD3vE2

From Boston Globe Ideas: Trekking in a “circle” around a city is becoming one of the great urban adventures of our time. trib.al/ZQ66Wid

Read the third part of Renée Graham 🏳️‍🌈’s four-part series on the 20th anniversary of marriage equality in Globe Opinion. trib.al/dZkEamq

The effort to name a new Concord middle school after Ellen Garrison, an acclaimed Black educator, has roiled the town, writes @Marcela_Elisa. trib.al/xdAzycQ

Editorial: It’s unlikely anyone can or will put the earmark genie back in the bottle. But keeping the process honest means keeping it more open and transparent and forcing even legislative leaders to own up to their own pet projects and causes. trib.al/VyPY5qB

In a lifetime of newspaper reading, I have never encountered an editorial so cynical in its willingness to discard any principle other than to win at all costs, writes Jeff Jacoby. trib.al/kpvOuzF

If Trump’s anger over having to face Stormy Daniels in court is unsurprising, so is the fact that it stands in sharp contrast to his willingness to weaponize sex and politics, writes columnist @joan_vennochi. trib.al/9R8Yszd

For the most part, this is a story of ordinary people caught up in an extraordinary situation, writes Joan Vennochi. trib.al/r2oVLwz

Editorial: The story of Shelby Hewitt is as troubling as it is bizarre. One question remains: How on earth could a social worker for the Department of Children and Families instead attend high school daily, and have no one notice? trib.al/AetVCYV