The Year 2015 and the ‘Peril of Hope’

"It is right there Betwixt and between The orchard bare And the orchard green" — Robert Frost from "Peril of Hope" With an eerie prescience, the January 9 front page print edition of The Boston Globe captured perfectly the mixture of fear and anticipation associated with the hope a new year brings. Two headlines above the fold – "Boston picked to bid for Olympics" and "Baker promises firm fixes, sensitive touch" – would set the tone for 2015 in Greater Boston.

"It is right there Betwixt and between The orchard bare And the orchard green" — Robert Frost from "Peril of Hope" With an eerie prescience, the January 9 front page print edition of The Boston Globe captured perfectly the mixture of fear and anticipation associated with the hope a new year brings. Two headlines above the fold – "Boston picked to bid for Olympics" and "Baker promises firm fixes, sensitive touch" – would set the tone for 2015 in Greater Boston.…