The recent tragic shooting in Australia at a Hanukkah festival once again has demonstrated to the world the pernicious and evil effects of anit-semitism, which is the world’s oldest form of prejudice. Anti-semitism may have reached its peak with the…
Category: Editorials
A long, hard winter lies ahead
We didn’t need a weatherman to tell us that December has been unusually cold. So it was not at all surprising when we recently read that this has been the coldest start to December in our area in 17 years.…
Happy New Year
It’s hard to believe that another year has passed and that 2026 is here — and that we now are entering the second quarter of the 21st century. For those of us who ourselves are close to three-quarters of a…
A correction to our “MAHA moms” editorial
Two weeks ago in an editorial under the headline, “MAHA moms are right about toxic waste,” we discussed a petition that some of the members of the MAHA movement had sent to President Donald Trump urging him to fire Lee…
Letter to the Editor 12-19-25
Reimbursement Rate for Human Services Agencies To the Editor, I’m writing to express my concern that the state’s fiscal challenges could cause the Healey-Driscoll Administration to make the unfortunate decision to decrease the reimbursement rate to human services agencies, which…
Merry Christmas
This is the most wonderful time of the year, to paraphrase the popular song, with holiday music playing in the malls and on our car radios, resurrecting our earliest childhood memories of Christmases-past. We choose just the right tree, decorate…
The MAHA Moms are Right about Toxic Waste
As our regular readers know, we have been highly-critical of the so-called Make America Healthy Again (MAHA) movement led by Robert F. Kennedy Jr., the least qualified and least knowledgeable person ever to lead the Department of Health and Human…
Happy Hanukkah
The eight-day observance of Hanukkah, also known as the Festival of Lights, starts this Sunday evening, December 14, and will culminate on Monday, December 22. Hanukkah is observed for eight nights and days by lighting the candles of the Menorah,…
Remember those in need on your holiday shopping list
Americans already have been spending a record amount of money thus far this holiday season, spurred on by the extended “Black Friday” (we are using quotes because Black Friday sales began in early November), Small Business Saturday, and Cyber Monday…
Happy Thanksgiving
Although a Harris poll a few years back revealed that Christmas is the favorite holiday of the year among all age groups of Americans, we think that Thanksgiving, our uniquely American holiday, has much more to recommend it than Christmas.…