I know a priest whose ecclesiastical career in this city was ruined because he had the temerity to praise the Boston Globe Spotlight team's investigation of the clerical abuse scandal—in front of a bishop.
It's been well over a decade since the story broke and Cardinal Law was forced to resign. And "Spotlight," co-written and directed by Tom McCarthy, which opens today in a limited release, is a superb account of the Globe's exposure of a scandal that still affects Boston.
Should physician-assisted suicide be legal in Massachusetts?
Some say the measure helps people seeking to avoid a painful death, others believe unintended consequences could easily arise when insurers are left to choose expensive, life-prolonging treatments or cheap, fatal drugs. What do you believe?
