Category: Opinion

Acclimating to Our Local Ice Age

      The bitterly cold weather that we’ve been experiencing day-after-day this winter has been oppressive (not to mention costly because of our high heating bills).       The daily lows in the single digits, coupled with the strong winds that have…

Go Pats!

      It seems like it was just yesterday that Patriot Nation looked forward to our Patriots making it to the Super Bowl almost every year. From 2002-2019, the Pats went to nine Super Bowls in 18 years, winning six of…

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.…

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,…

Give Thanks to Our Veterans

This coming Tuesday, November 11, our nation will celebrate the 107th observance of Veterans Day, a day of solemnity and reverence that honors those who have served in our nation’s military. Veteran’s Day initially was known as Armistice Day when…

Letter to the Editor

Street takeover law needed immediately       Dear Editor,       I certainly agree that the recent wave of street takeovers around the country, including downtown Boston, is a terrible development.  We should focus on why this is happening, and then determine…

A Government Shutdown Benefits No One

As this is being written, it would appear as though the federal government is set for another government shutdown this week. Republican-controlled majorities have been responsible for most of the shutdowns over the past 30 years, starting with the Newt…