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A few weeks ago, I drove about 40 miles northwest of Boston and walked into a shiny silver building on a long, open road. Inside: the most interesting startup in America. My latest for Boston Globe Ideas bostonglobe.com/2023/06/01/opi…

Dan Hendrycks, an evangelical turned computer scientist, has made the single most convincing case for how AI could go very, very wrong. Now he has to figure out how to make it right. My latest for Boston Globe Ideas: bostonglobe.com/2023/07/06/opi…

.Dan Hendrycks, an evangelical turned computer scientist, has articulated the most convincing case for how it could all go wrong. Now he needs to figure out how to make it right. @dscharfglobe reports: trib.al/LV2NKpw

I’ve been a journalist my entire career and in the age of Me Too I still can’t believe how many movies and shows contain the old sexist trope that female reporters get their stories through sex. 1/x 🧵

Plus: Glen Hansard and Lisa O’Neill perform ‘Fairytale of New York’ as a reflection after Communion. Can honestly say this is the first time I’ve ever seen dancing in the aisles at a funeral…

For months, commentators have been insisting that Trump’s GOP opponents challenge him head-on. But Nikki Haley’s surge suggests a different approach for moving past Donald J. Trump - if not in this election, then perhaps in the long term. My latest: bostonglobe.com/2024/01/17/opi…

I'll be sharing more book-event info in the coming weeks. But I wanted to highlight this one at Belmont Books on Tuesday, April 16. I'll be in conversation with fellow Providence Phoenix alum and all-around great guy, David Scharfenberg. I'd love to see you there! belmontbooks.com/event/philip-e…

How is it that Donald J. Trump can break so extravagantly, for so long, with America's liberal tradition and still be with us? The answer, two new books suggest, is that he's tapping into the country's other, darker tradition. My latest: bostonglobe.com/2024/03/21/opi…

This is the event: a conversation with David Scharfenberg about my book on Tuesday, April 16 at Belmont Books. I'd love to see you there! And as a resident of a foreign land -- Rhode Island -- I'd greatly appreciate any help spreading the word. belmontbooks.com/event/philip-e…

Hey, all. I’ll be in conversation with my friend and fellow Providence Phoenix alumn Philip Eil about his new book “Prescription for Pain,” about a once-promising doc who came to be known as the “Pill Mill Killer,” on April 16 Belmont Books. Come on out!

Come on out. Should be a great conversation.

If you're in the Boston area, I hope you'll join me tonight at Belmont Books, where I'll be talking about the book with David Scharfenberg. Two former Providence Phoenix news editors on stage together! 🤯

Hey, all. One more reminder that I’ll be chatting with Philip Eil about his new book tonight. Hope to see you there.

Yes, Donald J. Trump will be an awful president. No, he won’t topple democracy. My latest in Boston Globe Ideas: bostonglobe.com/2024/07/07/opi…

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Another Paralympics underway - and Americans are, once again, tuning it out. Seems like a good time to re-up this piece from a few years ago. bostonglobe.com/ideas/2018/03/…

The Election Issue | Moderation might be a path to power — a chance for whichever party gets there first to build a majority that shapes American life for decades to come, writes David Scharfenberg in #GlobeIdeas. trib.al/bU5p9UJ

When you die, your dog might eat you. My latest: bostonglobe.com/2024/10/10/opi…

So proud of my big bro for his new podcast on the Catholic Left, the FBI, the Vietnam War, and a priest’s unlikely love story podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/div…

Tariffs have caused a stir recently. David Scharfenberg sat down with Todd N. Tucker (Roosevelt Forward) to unpack the bipartisan embrace of protectionism, the liberal case for tariffs, and the future of tariffs. Learn more in Boston Globe Opinion. ⤵️ bostonglobe.com/2025/04/10/opi…