By State Sen. William Brownsberger Recently, the Massachusetts Medical Society endorsed the creation of safe injection facilities for people with opiate substance use disorders. I am the sponsor of a bill to create a framework for legal operation of these…
Category: Editorials
The Foggy Reality of the Seaport
By Phineas J. Stone All of the fog and misty rain over the last several weeks jogged my memory about the Fort Point area. I used to love to wander over there to experience the solitude and near-emptiness of that…
Letters to the Editor
Re: The Challenges Of Newbury Street & Hard Times On Newbury Street Dear Editor: Mike Jammen’s letter in the April 27 Boston Sun, “The Challenges of Newbury Street,” describes a litany of problems, from recalcitrant neighborhood and retail associations to…
The Fire That No One Talks About… For Very Long, At Least
By Phineas J. Stone Few really are paying much attention, but this city has been on fire over the past few weeks. The chaos in some of the city’s neighborhoods is at an absolute tipping point. There have been about…
Letter to the Editor
The Challenges of Newbury Street Dear Editor, In response to Ms. Treffeisen’s article in the April 20th edition of the Boston Sun, I would like to offer the following: As one of the major Landlords on Newbury we, and more…
How Boston Basics Helps Our Children
By Mayor Martin J. Walsh and Ron Ferguson Here in Boston, we are committed to creating an equitable city for all. Reaching this goal requires many approaches. But if we really want to create more opportunities for success and close…
The Haves and Have Mores: The Heartbreak of High School in Boston Public Schools
Over Easter Dinner this past Sunday, I was speaking with a relative of mine who mentioned his family had been put in disarray over the last month, particularly his wife, who had been brought to tears on many occasions and…
Letter to the Editor
Dear Editor, I read with great interest Deb Blair’s April 11 letter to the Editor concerning the Winthrop Square garage project. Her position is that the one-time inflow of cash from the sale of the parking garage is worth trading…
A Truly Perilous Time
When President Obama left office, he made it clear to incoming President Trump that the most important foreign policy challenge that the new administration would face would be figuring out how to prevent North Korea from developing an intercontinental ballistic…
When the Late Night Dash to the Store Goes Wrong, Appeal to Common Sense
By Phineas J. Stone Few things are more common from household to household and neighborhood to neighborhood in Boston than the night-time run to the corner store or to the local pharmacy. I know this because I’ve done my share…