Both mail-in and in-person voting is underway in every city and town in Massachusetts. In-person voting began this past Saturday and will be available every day of the week through next Friday, October 30, excluding Sunday, October 25. For those…
Category: Editorials
Two more reasons to get a flu shot
‘Tis the season for respiratory illnesses — the flu, COVID, and RSV — for which vaccinations offer the best line of defense for the vast majority of individuals. In addition to the protections that vaccines provide for these diseases, studies…
Make the most of the long weekend
The arrival of the long holiday weekend means that the fall season is squarely upon us, the time of year that has special meaning for all of us in New England. With the weatherman (as of this writing) forecasting a…
An expensive winter ahead
The war with Iran already has cost U.S. consumers more than $100 billion in direct costs for our gasoline purchases. That’s about $800 per family since the war began in February — and that figure is increasing every day that…
Fall arrives
After last week’s summer-like weather, where temperature hit the mid-80s for a couple of days, much-cooler weather arrived this past weekend, Combined with the strong winds from a developing nor’easter later this week, it is clear that fall is here.…
Data centers: We have met the enemy and they are us
The massive build-out of data centers recently has aroused the wrath of the American public across the political spectrum. However, this backlash has highlighted a sharp disconnect in modern society: On the one hand, we expect technology to provide us…
Remembering 9/11
For every generation of Americans for the past near-century, there have been seminal events for which those who were of a certain age can recall “where they were” when they “heard the news.” Every member of the Greatest Generation could…
Rosh Hashanah: A Cosmic Accounting — For Jews Only, or All Creation?
Rosh Hashanah: A Cosmic Accounting — For Jews Only, or All Creation? To the Editor, My eyes flutter open in a haze, and before I can wipe away the sleep, the sky over the harbor is doing something I don’t…
Enjoy the great weather on Labor Day weekend
With the weatherman predicting a great Labor Day weekend from Friday through Monday, we hope that all of our readers will have a chance to make the most of the final weekend of the summer season. The Summer of ‘26…
A "war" that we actually are winning
It was almost 55 years ago — on December 23, 1971, to be precise — that President Richard M.Nixon officially declared the "war on cancer" when he signed the National Cancer Act of 1971. The legislation committed $1.5 billion ($12…