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…
Category: Editorials
Letters to the Editor
Vote for Capobianco Dear Editor, I am humbly asking you to vote for my longtime friend and colleague Valentino Capobianco for re-election to the Massachusetts Democratic State Committee in the First Suffolk & Middlesex District. Valentino will appear on the…
House Speaker Bob Deleo Achieves a Milestone
When we first heard the news that House Speaker Bob DeLeo had eclipsed the previous record for the longest-serving tenure as Speaker of the House of Representatives in Massachusetts history (which had stood since the early 19th century), our immediate…
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…
Letters to the Editor
Supports Sanders for President Dear Editor, I support Bernie Sanders for President because his message is the most progressive in the bold ways we really need and he has always been the most consistent in his views. First let me…
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…
Nancy Would Be Proud
The recent dedication of a plaque at the Winthrop Senior Center in honor of the late Nancy Williams was a fitting tribute to a wonderful woman who devoted her entire adult life to the senior citizens of our community. Nancy…
Gov. 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…
Guest Op-Ed: Preparing for an Unexpected Death
By Dr. Glenn Mollette The world was shocked Jan. 26, by the sudden death of Kobe Bryant, his daughter Gianna and seven others. A helicopter that spiraled through a California sky and crashed took the life of one of the…
Guest Op-Ed: Let’s Save Our World in 2020
By Senator Ed Markey and Roxana Rivera On December 6—as Greta Thunberg joined a 500,000-person march in Madrid—students around the world held their second climate strike of the year. They walked out of their middle schools, high schools, and colleges, demanding…