While we would all love to leave COVID-19 in the rearview mirror, the stark reality is that the virus is still circulating among us, with the elderly and persons with compromised immune systems the most vulnerable to becoming seriously ill…
Category: Opinion
Mitt Could Have Been A Great President
The announcement this week by Utah Senator Mitt Romney that he will not seek re-election in 2024 leaves a void not only in the Republican party, but on our national political scene. When Mitt Romney was our governor, he showed…
Guest Op-Ed: My Thoughts on Boston Public School Meals
By Mayor Michelle Wu I’ll never forget that moment of wondrous epiphany years ago, when, still new to Boston, I tried my first apple picked from the tree at a local orchard. The pucker of tangy sweetness and juicy crispness…
Guns Are Now the Leading Killer of America’s Children
It used to be that accidents, primarily car accidents, were the leading cause of death of America’s children between the ages of 1 and 18. But last year for the first time, guns were the #1 cause of death of…
Sports Betting on Phones: 21st Century High Tech Crack
A general rule of thumb is that when a slew of celebrity pitchmen start endorsing anything that has to do with money, it’s a good bet (no pun intended in the context of this editorial) that the public is being…
Letters to the Editor
You Owe Your Readers an Apology To the Editor, As a faithful “Gazette” reader, I was stunned into disbelief by your editorial, “Trump and Biden: Worst candidates ever?” Putting Trump and Biden into equal boxes because both are old, insults…
Guest Op-Ed: Barker, Buffett, Richardson and Extraordinary Lives
By Dr. Glenn Mollette Jimmy Buffett, Bob Barker and Bill Richardson all died recently. They all had one thing in common. They lived extraordinary lives. Buffett had become a billionaire. He had amassed his fortune by capitalizing on his song,…
Trump and Biden: Worst Candidates Ever?
As it becomes increasingly apparent that the candidates for President in 2024 will be Joe Biden and Donald Trump in a rematch of their 2020 campaign, it is understandable why Americans are so pessimistic about the future direction of the…
Our Age of Anxiety
The Wall St. Journal this past week featured a front page story entitled, “The Booming Business of American Anxiety.” The issue of New York Magazine two weeks ago touched on the same subject with the cover story, “Trauma: America’s Favorite…
Letters to the Editor
JPNDC Outlines Their Efforts Dear Editor, With tremendous disappointment, we are writing today to let community members know that despite Jamaica Plain Neighborhood Development Corporation’s best efforts, 21st Century Foods will no longer operate out of JPNDC’s Brewery Small Business…