For many of our fellow New Englanders, fall is our favorite season. The warm days and crisp evenings serve as the perfect midpoint between the heat and humidity of summer and the chill of winter. When you add in the…
Category: Editorials
Luigi Mangione is not a Hero
It was a sad, sad sign of our times last week to see individuals holding “Free Luigi Mangione” signs outside of the courthouse in New York City where Mangione made a court appearance. Mangione is facing state and federal charges…
Happy Rosh Hashanah
Rosh Hashanah, the Jewish New Year, will start at sundown this coming Monday (September 22) and will end at sunset on Wednesday (September 24). During the three days of festivities, members of the Jewish faith will gather with family and…
A Cardinal has been Stealing our Tomatoes this Summer
We live in a condominium community on an island in the middle of a bay. The island, as do all of the islands in Boston Harbor, has a rich history dating back to colonial times. The military built a base…
Letters to the Editor
Concerned and you Should be, Too Dear Editor, Charlestown has a census of 20,000 residents. The Boston Planning and Development has proposals and Requests for Proposals for many plots in Charlestown that could boost the census of Charlestown to over…
We are All Lab Rats for RFK Jr.’s Dangerous Ideas
The performance last week by Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. before the U.S. Senate Finance Committee confirmed what any thinking person already knows: Kennedy is compromising the health of every American in order to pursue his…
Letter to the Editor
Thank you to our DSPs for providing care, dignity to so many To the Editor, Since 2008, the second week of September has been designated Direct Support Professionals (DSP) Recognition Week to honor the hundreds of thousands of human services workers…
Guest Op-Ed: Our Hearts are Broken
By Fr. John Sheridan Regardless of who we are, our hearts are broken last week as we heard the news of the terrible shootings at Annunciation Church in Minneapolis. It is natural for us in this moment to attempt to…
Guest Op-ed: Boston at the Crossroads: A City for All of Us
by Josh Kraft Boston has always been more than a city, it’s a spirit. It’s grit and grace. It’s tradition and transformation. It’s neighbors who look out for each other, families who dream bigger for their children, and communities who…
Reviving Happy Hours will Put more Drunk Drivers on our Roads
The proposal by State Senator Julian Cyr to revive happy hours — which have been outlawed in Massachusetts since the 1980s — is a terrible idea that will have only one guaranteed consequence: More motorists will be driving under the…