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Mark Arsenault

Boston

Reporter at The Boston Globe

Boston Globe reporter, author of The Imposter’s War, the strangest tale of war and journalism ever told

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  • 4 weeks ago | bostonglobe.com | Mark Arsenault

    “Mer-cee bo-coop!” he concluded, gamely, for a nice applause. And then the real campaigning began. Kraft smoothly wound through the narrow gaps between the tables, greeting each of the hundred or so attendees individually, shaking every hand, and dropping to one knee for extended conversations with seated guests, like a man about to propose.

  • 2 months ago | bostonglobe.com | Mark Arsenault

    What has the incredible run of football excellence by the NFL’s Kansas City Chiefs done to us, as New England Patriots fans? Bad things. Two weeks ago, we actually rooted for the Buffalo Bills to dethrone the Chiefs in the AFC Championship game.

  • 2 months ago | bostonglobe.com | Mark Arsenault

    Hi, this is Globe reporter Mark Arsenault, filling in as lead writer for Starting Point in January. Today we’re highlighting a very innovative history project from the Boston Globe newsroom, and I have a few personal parting words as this temporary assignment wraps up.

  • 2 months ago | bostonglobe.com | Mark Arsenault

    A confirmation hearing by the Senate Finance Committee into Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s nomination to be secretary of Health and Human Services opens today. Here’s a primer on what’s important:It’s hard to keep them all straight – which Kennedy is this? With that familiar toothy smile, RFK Jr. looks the part of a scion of his family’s political dynasty, but this is not your father’s Kennedy. He is the son of former US attorney general Robert F.

  • 2 months ago | bostonglobe.com | Mark Arsenault

    We experience climate change personally and most poignantly when a cascade of events finally catches up with us. Consider this sequence:A changing climate leads to freakier weather – storms that are more destructive and more frequent, rising seas and heavier precipitation that exacerbate flooding, heat waves that dry out vegetation, and longer droughts that make the land more vulnerable to fire. Storms, floods, and wildfires lead to homeowners suffering vast and catastrophic damages.

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Mark Arsenault
Mark Arsenault @BostonGlobeMark
26 Mar 25

RT @ShukriWrongs: @IanPrasad @BostonGlobe @BostonGlobeMark You’re a fucking idiot, all Bob Kraft did is buy the team with his dead wife’s m…

Mark Arsenault
Mark Arsenault @BostonGlobeMark
15 Nov 24

12 days on the greatest long-distance hiking trail in the world https://t.co/YGHB0ihGhb

Mark Arsenault
Mark Arsenault @BostonGlobeMark
14 Nov 24

Globe Spotlight at work https://t.co/EPPzn8uOOa