We may have just finished what reportedly ranks as the fifth-warmest January on record, but by the end of this week, we’ll be experiencing our coldest weather in seven years when an Arctic blast dips into the United States and…
Category: Opinion
Health Care for All Is a Public Good
We were pleased to see that Chelsea’s newly-elected State Representative, Judith Garcia, announced last week that she has co-sponsored An Act to Advance Health Equity, a bill that aims to close the gap in healthcare by prioritizing equity in state…
Op-Ed: Classified Document Stink Piles
By Dr. Glenn Mollette An Old Testament story records an overwhelming infestation of frogs throughout Egypt. There was no place in Egypt where frogs were not present in large numbers. The plague was sent in response to Pharoah’s attitude toward the…
Remember those who are less fortunate this holiday season
“It was the best of times; it was the worst of times.” — Charles Dickens, A Tale of Two Cities. With Christmas fast approaching, most of us will be rushing about — either to the stores and malls or on-line…
Letter to the Editor: Motorists are illegally passing stopped school buses at epidemic levels
Dear Editor, 41.8 million violations throughout a 180-day school year, in fact. According to the 2022 survey conducted by the National Association of State Directors of Pupil Transportation Services, America’s motoring public are illegally passing school buses at…
An important election with big ballot questions
This Tuesday, November 8, is state election day in Massachusetts. With two-term incumbent Governor Charlie Baker having chosen not to seek re-election, voters will be choosing a new governor for the first time in eight years. The contest between Democrat…
Take a Forest Bath
When we saw a headline about a “forest bath” in an on-line publication the other day, we initially took its meaning literally. But the article was not about physically bathing in the woods. Rather, it pointed out that there have…
Sundays Aren’t Fun Anymore
Some years back, amid the Patriots’ long string of success, we wrote that New England fans should enjoy the ride, because it inevitably would come to an end. We’ve been Pats’ fans since the 1960s, so unlike younger fans, we’ve…
Boston Vulnerable to Sea-Level Rise
Dear Editor, Hurricane’s Ida’s devastating impacts on Florida’s seacoast communities provide a stark warning to Boston which is similarly vulnerable to the combined impacts of storm surges and sea level rise which is universally predicted as inevitable. Sea level rise…
Op-Ed: The Call of Our Common Humanity
By Cardinal Seán Patrick O’Malley Immigration policies and practices stand as an abiding moral, legal and political challenge to our Commonwealth and our country. We have delayed far too long in developing an effective response to immigrants, migrants, and refugees…