Brian MacQuarrie

1 month ago | bostonglobe.com | Brian MacQuarrie |Emily Spatz

The head-spinning volatility of the stock market, buffeted by the Trump administration’s on-again, off-again position on tariffs, is causing a whirlwind of worry for people who have spent decades putting aside what they can for retirement. Some people are concerned their retirement lifestyle will be leaner than expected. Others wonder if they should delay retirement and continue working for several more years.

1 month ago | bostonglobe.com | Brian MacQuarrie

“These were the first casualties to die for what we represent today,” said Henry Liu of the Lexington Minute Men, who will participate in his 35th reenactment earlier that day at Lexington Green, where the first battle of the Revolution occurred. “It gives me goosebumps every year.”For Minute Men and Redcoats alike, the extended outdoor drama is a chance to blend play-acting with a deep impulse to honor the men and women who sacrificed here, real people whom they have read about and studied.

1 month ago | bostonglobe.com | Brian MacQuarrie

But as New England and the United States as a whole prepare to celebrate and reexamine the 250th anniversary of the American Revolution and the Declaration of Independence, President Trump’s expansive makeover of the federal government has for many of his critics and defenders alike made the question of how to serve one’s country a more difficult and urgent one.

1 month ago | bostonglobe.com | Brian MacQuarrie

It’s been 61 years since President John F. Kennedy was fatally shot in Dallas, but the public’s fascination with the case remains strong amid the release this week of more than 63,000 pages of records connected with the assassination, according to people who have studied Kennedy’s life and legacy.

2 months ago | bostonglobe.com | Brian MacQuarrie

BROOKLINE — Late-winter sunlight slanted through the second-floor windows of the set-back home where former governor Michael Dukakis and his wife, Kitty, have lived for 60 years. He apologized for not rising to meet a guest, extending a hand and flashing a warm, broad smile beneath a full head of thick, gray hair. “I’m sorry for not being a little more welcoming,” Dukakis said in a strong, genial voice. But at 91 years old, some days are better than others, he added with a what-can-you-do shrug.