Neil Swidey

1 month ago | bostonglobe.com | Neil Swidey

This article is part of an effort to resurface Globe readers’ most loved stories or timeless reports you might have missed. It was originally published on May 2, 2015. It was updated on April 10, 2025, with a new headline,but is otherwise unchanged. As usual, Longwood Avenue, the main artery through Boston’s vast medical-industrial complex, is as clogged as any in even the most desperate cardiac patient.

May 6, 2024 | bostonglobe.com | Neil Swidey

As soon as the news about the South Dakota governor’s dead dog broke, I felt a knot in my stomach. That wasn’t just because of Governor Kristi Noem’s almost theatrical cruelty in bragging about the time she took her family’s 14-month-old wirehaired pointer, Cricket, out back and shot her dead, for the sin of being insufficiently responsive to commands. Of course, I would find the story revolting—I have a functioning heart.