http://www.boston.com/news/globe/editorial_opinion/editorials en-us 2007-11-15T02:13:11Z http://www.boston.com/ http://cache.boston.com/bonzai-fba/File-Based_Image_Resource/bcom_logo_140w.gif http://www.boston.com/news/globe/editorial_opinion/editorials/articles/2007/11/08/gorbys_got_a_brand_new_bag?rss_id=Boston+Globe+--+Editorials BEHOLD A figure who once symbolized everything that is antithetical to fashion: the last general secretary of the Soviet Communist Party, Mikhail Gorbachev, depicted in a glossy New Yorker ad for Louis Vuitton luggage. There he sits in the back seat of a limo from the Khrushchev years, cruising past a vestige of the Berlin Wall, the statesman Russians commonly ... 2007-11-08T05:00:00Z http://www.boston.com/news/globe/editorial_opinion/editorials/articles/2007/11/08/cpr_for_boston_politics?rss_id=Boston+Globe+--+Editorials THE DISMAL turnout in the election for Boston City Council Tuesday - the lowest in 22 years - requires action to end the inertia that afflicts all the elected offices of city government. Despite what Mayor Menino and the other incumbents might want to believe, the lack of vigorous challenges does not mean that voters are happy with the status ... 2007-11-08T05:00:00Z http://www.boston.com/news/globe/editorial_opinion/editorials/articles/2007/11/08/in_the_stacks_a_time_for_change?rss_id=Boston+Globe+--+Editorials AN ERA is ending at the Boston Public Library, where trustees are expected not to renew the contract of library president Bernard Margolis. As this chapter closes, the final pages should include praise for Margolis's stewardship as well as discussion of a bold plan for the library system's future. 2007-11-08T05:00:00Z