Americans have been dying prematurely at unprecedented levels in the past two years from a number of causes. COVID-19 has taken away almost one million of our fellow Americans, with the number still rising daily for the foreseeable future. Fatal…
Category: Editorials
Is Nuclear War Inevitable in Ukraine — and Beyond?
We don’t want to sound like alarmists, but in our opinion, the escalation both in military weaponry and rhetoric by the Western powers and the Kremlin is bringing us closer and closer to the brink of nuclear warfare in Ukraine.…
Guest Op-Ed: Let Us Never Forget Our Solemn Pledge
By Joseph Reagan On Memorial Day, 1945, the war in Europe had ended but the fighting in the Pacific continued, Lt. Gen. Lucian Truscott voiced remarks at the Sicily-Rome American Cemetery at Nettuno, Italy. Turning his back on the assembled…
Letters to the Editor
Friends of City Square Park Concert Dates To the Editor, Friends of City Square Park are looking forward to a wonderful summer with the following four concert dates; June 15, July 13, August 10 and Sept TBD. The Friends are…
Our Driving Is Worse Than Ever, So This Is No Time to Reduce Traffic Stops
Pundits and some politicians recently have been calling for a reduction in the enforcement of minor traffic offenses by our police. We respectfully, and strongly, disagree. Thanks to a number of factors, our roadways are more dangerous than ever. In…
Putin’s Ukrainian Genocide
If you listen to chatter of the pundits and politicians, there seems to a debate about whether Russia is engaging in genocide in Ukraine. Obviously, we aren’t experts in international law. So we looked up the defiition of genocide according…
Guest Op-Ed: Finding Hope and Life Before Death
Dr. Glenn Mollette Most of us have wondered about life beyond the grave. Many today are in search of life before the grave. Given what many people traditionally believe about heaven, eternity and life beyond, it would certainly seem very…
Earth Day Report, 2022: The Planet Is Doomed
We were around for the first Earth Day in 1970. We clearly recall the incident a year earlier that spurred Congress and President Richard Nixon to create the Environmental Protection Agency when the Cuyahoga River, which feeds into Lake Erie…
Letter to the Editor
Earth Day, Unity in a Community To the Editor: Saturday, April 23, 12 to 3pm, is a day dedicated to “investing in the planet” in Charlestown. We, the Pier5.org plan the day’s activities “investing in each other,” as the cornerstone…
BAA Is Right to Ban Russian Runners
We applaud the decision of the Boston Athletic Association (BAA) to ban runners from Russia and Belarus from competing in this year’s Boston Marathon. We recognize that the move casts a wide net and may serve to punish ordinary Russian…