— The business community sends forth yet another knight to lose to an incumbent: “Businessman and GOP donor Michael Minogue jumps into Mass. governor’s race” (WBUR)

— For most colleges, it’s going to get much worse before it gets better: “Berklee College lays off 70 employees” (UH)

— And even schools with $7.2 billion endowments are feeling the pinch: “Brown University lays off 48 employees as the institution faces millions in deficits” (MassLive)

— He forgot to mention democratic socialism, but otherwise this is a great piece by Jeff: “Why won’t zombie bad ideas stay buried?” (Globe)

— Really? Shaming? Is this the more aggressive resistance demanded by progressives?: “Democrats Use Empty House to Shame G.O.P. Ahead of Shutdown” (NYT)

— It’s going slowly because we’ve allowed our industrial capacity to become so depleted: “Pentagon Pushes to Double Missile Production for Potential China Conflict” (WSJ)

— One way or the other, we’re going to be paying for this empire building via higher premiums: “Mass General Brigham plans new inpatient tower at Brigham and Women’s” (BBJ)

— Romney’s wise advice that unfortunately went unheeded: “’We just can’t begin to be prosecuting political opponents’: Romney says he urged Biden administration to pardon Trump” (Globe)

— A fourth scenario is Markey graciously stepping aside, but that’s unlikely to happen: “Three scenarios. Three different winners. How Mass could have the nation’s most interesting Democratic primary next year” (Globe)

— This is encouraging: “AbbVie invests $70M in Worcester facility” (BBJ)

— It’s for partly noble and partly modern-collegiate selfish reasons: “Why is the Ivy League’s best player taking a year off from basketball?” (Washington Post)