Thank You Dear Editor, Members and Friends of the Bay Village Neighborhood Association, We wanted to take a moment to express our heartfelt gratitude to each and every one of you for your incredible support and participation in our recent…
Category: Editorials
Congratulations To The Class of 2023
A high school graduation is a singular event in the life of every community, where almost everybody knows one of the graduates or their families. All of us share the happiness and sense of achievement of our young people who…
Progressives: Please Get Real
If you’ve been following the histrionics of the debt limit negotiations these past few weeks, the political theatre on all sides of the political spectrum has been amusing. Republicans will tell us that the country’s burgeoning deficit will lead us…
Letters to the Editor
Regarding Composting and the City’s Rodent Population Dear Editor, Mr. Whitney makes a good case for reducing the overwhelming rat population that inhabit many of Boston’s neighborhoods by not allowing trash in plastic bags to be put out curbside the…
Guest Op-Ed: Everybody Must Get Stoned
By Alison Barnet Cool, man! Groovy! We’re getting yet another pot shop—a “cannabis dispensary”—conveniently located in the neighborhood. Wanna get high as a kite? To some of our neighbors, too young to have lived in the Sixties, nearby cannabis outlets…
Let Us Remember Those Who “Gave the Last Full Measure”
Although the Memorial Day weekend signifies the start of the summer season and is observed by families and friends who gather for barbecues and similar festivities, we should keep in mind that Memorial Day is our most solemn national holiday…
COVID-19 Precautions Worked
During the first days of the COVID-19 pandemic in the spring of 2020 when bodies of the dead in our major cities were being stacked into freezer trucks and hospital ships were sailing into the harbors of New York and…
Wildfire Smoke Is a Sign of the Times
The eerie glow, especially at sunrise and sunset, being caused by the haze from the smoke of the wildfires in Western Canada over the past week or so is yet another sign that there is no escaping the effects of…
Letter to the Editor
Troubling Dear Editor, The observation Justice is blind dates back to Greek political thinkers. They are, however, silent on the blindness of the Judges themselves, instead lumping them with the rest of humanity, who are subject to faults and foibles.…
DeSantis vs. Disney: This Is What an Autocracy Looks Like
The ongoing battle that Florida Governor Ron DeSantis has been waging against the Walt Disney Company not only demonstrates what a petty, vindictive, and mean-spirited little man he is, but also illustrates the danger that an autocratic ruler poses to…