When we were writing about COVID-19 last year at the height of the pandemic, we often put it this way: COVID-19 is a hunter and we, the human animal, are its prey. In the summer of 2021, another way to…
Category: Editorials
Op-Ed: Showing Up for Our Aging Residents
By Councilor Annissa Essaibi George, Candidate for Mayor This past year and a half has been devastating for so many, and with that has come a long list of changes and priorities that the City of Boston must address. But…
Sorry Folks — But the Pandemic Is Far From Over
We in Massachusetts are living in a bit of a pandemic bubble right now, both literally and figuratively. The high vaccination rate in our state, as well as in neighboring states throughout New England, has contributed to a dramatic drop in the…
No Escaping Climate Change
Heat domes. Polar vortexes. Superstorms. Megadroughts. Wildfire tornados. Rising sea levels. These terms were unheard of at the start of this century — other than in academic journals — but are now part of our everyday conversation. Climate change and its catastrophic effects…
Guest Op-Ed: Holidays and Freedoms
By State Sen. William Brownsberger The recent hate crimes in Belmont, Winthrop, and Brighton, so close to home and so near the fourth of July, have me thinking about the meaning of our national holidays. Seven of our eleven federal…
Enjoy an Awesome — And Safe — 4th of July
Although the Fourth of July falls on a Sunday this year, many of us will be enjoying an extra-long holiday weekend for which the weather hopefully will cooperate. In addition, with most (though not all) of the COVID-19 restrictions having…
The Tragic Shooting in Winthrop Shows All That Is Wrong in America
The tragedy that struck the town of Winthrop on a quiet Saturday afternoon represents a confluence of everything that is wrong in America today. The deranged, 28 year-old white gunman who shot two Black persons multiple times in cold blood…
Guest Op-Ed: Left to Their Own Devices
By Alison Barnet Remember phone booths? The way people pushed hard on the doors to make sure they were tightly closed? Why? Because a phone call was a private matter. Back then, of course, people usually had more to say…
A Long, Hot Summer
The images of parched reservoirs in the western part of the country that have been filling the news lately paint a devastating picture of the effects of climate change coupled with the overuse of natural resources. While it is true that the…
The Gun Crisis
The recent increase in mass shooting incidents across the country comes as no surprise to anyone with an ounce of common-sense. The ease of purchase, and relatively low-cost, of assault-style weapons, particularly AR-15 semi-automatics with large-capacity magazines, makes it possible…