Category: Opinion

Get Ready for the Cold!

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…

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…

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…