VOTE FOR THE SECOND SLATE I’ve voted in every election, but left it to the political few to set up my choices. No more! I’m running for my local ward committee. Recruited by my young neighbor, Armani White, our “fresh…
Category: Editorials
Make your voice heard — vote in the Presidential Primary
The revelation last week by members of our intelligence agencies to Congress that the Russians once again are, and will be, interfering in our electoral process is an ominous portent for the national election in November. The recent experience of…
Letters to the Editor 02-20-2020
ASKING FOR YOUR VOTE TO REPRESENT THE 8th DISTRICT Dear Editor, My name is Robbie Goldstein. I am a primary care doctor at Massachusetts General Hospital, and I’m running to be the next representative in Congress for the 8th District…
The Miracle on Ice was more than just a game
For those who either were not around or were very young on Feb. 22, 1980, it is hard to imagine how low the American psyche had plummeted during the decade of the 1970s. Although the 1960s generally are regarded as…
The (climate) news is all bad
At the start of World War II, President Franklin Roosevelt reportedly said to his aides, “So far, the news is all bad,” referring to the reports from the front in the immediate aftermath of Pearl Harbor when the Japanese were taking…
Guest Op-Ed: If I were homeless
By Alison Barnet Every time I forget my keys and have to sit on the front steps waiting for someone to come home and let me in is more than I ever want to know about homelessness. Well, I’ll just…
Have we turned a corner
For the first time since 2014, life expectancy in the United States has risen after four years of decline, according to a report released this past Thursday by the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Overall life expectancy rose…
Guest Op-Ed: Calling all mentors: Help make a difference in the lives of Boston’s children
By Mayor Martin J. Walsh Earlier this month, a fifth-grader from Dorchester named Fatoumata visited my office. She told me about her favorite types of ice cream, her favorite subjects in school, and her plans to go to college, become…
Guest Op-Ed: Considering the future of the Hynes
By Kenzie Bok On Sept. 16, 2019, the residents, businesses, and other stakeholders of the Back Bay and the Fenway awoke to the surprising and unwelcome news that the State had decided to sell the Hynes Convention Center in order…
Gov. Charlie Baker and the great state of our state
From the moment that Gov. Charlie Baker strode into the House Chamber last Tuesday to deliver his State of the Commonwealth address, it was evident why Gov. Baker, despite being a Republican in a heavily-Democratic state, has rated as the…