By Dr. Glenn Mollette Does your doctor make you feel good? Does he or she tell you what you want to hear just to make you happy? If so, you probably should look for another doctor. No one enjoys leaving…
Category: Editorials
The Revere Beach Sand Sculpting Festival Is This Weekend
One of the premier events of the summer season in the Greater Boston area is set to take place this weekend when the 19th annual International Sand Sculpting Festival returns to Revere Beach this Friday, July 28, through Sunday, July…
A Sad, Tragic Week – Safety Always Must Be Number One
When we looked at our Boston newspapers this past Thursday, a cavalcade of headlines, one-after-another, told stories of sadness and tragedy throughout our area. There was the four year-old boy who was struck and killed by a hit-and-run driver in…
Yes, Our Democracy Is on the Edge
The national political scene Is probably the last thing that any of us want to be thinking about in the middle of July, but some recent events are making it clear that the attack on the Capitol on January 6 …
Here’s Some Consolation for Sox Fans
With the Major League Baseball season resuming after the All-Star break, the Red Sox appear destined to relegation to the realm of mediocrity. Sure, they’re above .500, but our Sox don’t appear to have either the pitching or the hitting…
More Bizarro Comments by RFK Jr.
Well, as if right on cue, two days after our editorial last week (“RFK Jr. is a disgrace to his family name”) about the delusional “campaign” for President by Robert F. Kennedy Jr., he made this disturbing comment at a…
Progressive Democrats Need To Get Real
The opposition by some progressive Democrats to President Joe Biden’s decision to send cluster bombs to Ukraine is yet another indication of how out-of-touch with reality they can be on certain issues. To be sure, the use of cluster bombs…
Where Is That Russian “Rebel” Army?
Two weeks ago, the news headlines were all about the supposed attempted coup by Yevgheny Prigozhin, the head of the Wagner group, who reportedly was marching his 8000 man army to Moscow. But since then, both he and his army…
We’re (Over)Eating Ourselves to Death
The latest statistics reveal an incredibly negative picture of Americans: 40% are obese and another 32% are overweight. In other words, almost three quarters of Americans maintain an unhealthy weight. Yes, the fast-food industry is hugely to blame, as epitomized by all…
60 Years of James Bond
It was 60 years ago this summer that the first James Bond movie, Dr. No, starring the late Sean Connery, was released in the U.S. That movie instantly became a touchstone of 1960s pop culture which has flourished to the…