"Earlier this year, I asked my husband of 20 years if he would mind if I purchased an AI 'boyfriend' for research purposes," writes social psychologist Denise Marigold. "Surely an AI chatbot couldn’t rival a genuine human connection. Or could it?"

My latest @globeopinion.bsky.social column.

My latest @globeopinion.bsky.social column:

If you have to explain a joke, it doesn’t work. This one was even less effective because it played into the stereotype of a wealthy candidate who is trying to buy an election, writes Joan Vennochi.

Editorial: Experienced judges have the expertise to weigh the evidence and to see all of the possible sentencing outcomes and consequences in a way jurors, who have been thrown into the legal system often for the first time in their lives, can’t.

Editorial: If you want a say in the future, make sure to vote Tuesday. Sure, it’s “just” the primary. But make no mistake, this is the vote that counts. See here how the Globe endorsed before heading to the polls: