Gnashing my teeth Dear Editor, I hold my breath every time I read a ‘special editorial’ by former JP Gazette Editor Sandra Story – wondering whether I will cheer or gnash my teeth. I am gnashing today at her claim…
Category: Opinion
Op-Ed: Our kids need sports, I will stand up for our BPS kids!
By Erin Murphy Boston Public School parents were disappointed when some of them noticed the small blurb, only two sentences long, buried at the bottom of the newsletter this week saying that they have made the decision to continue the…
Op-Ed: Pressley’s statement on anniversary of January 6 insurrection
Congresswoman Ayanna Pressley (MA-07) issued the following statement on the anniversary of the January 6 insurrection. “One year ago, the nation watched in absolute horror as a violent, white supremacist mob—incited by Donald Trump and Republican lawmakers’ hateful rhetoric and…
We must never forget the legacy of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.
As we were watching the recent coverage by the media of the events of a year ago on January 6, we were struck by the contrast between the Trump Mob’s violent storming of the Capitol and the many peaceful marches…
Editorials 12-17-21
‘Tis the season for giving — and never has the need been more urgent “It was the best of times; it was the worst of times.” — Charles Dickens, A Tale of Two Cities. With Christmas fast approaching, most…
Guest Op-Ed: Somehow, some way, may this be a Christmas worth remembering
By Dr. Glenn Mollette We had difficulties when we were growing up in Martin county, Kentucky but overall, we thought we were doing okay. President Lyndon Johnson came to Inez, Kentucky in 1964 to let us know we weren’t…
Guest Op-Ed: The Haiti kidnapped missionaries, consider the cost of such trips
By Glenn Mollette The missionaries consisting of sixteen Americans and one Canadian kidnapped by the Haitian “400 Mawozo” gang October 16, is extremely scary. The gang has threatened to kill the humanitarian Christians if a million dollar per person ransom…
Progressives? No — they are Regressives
There are a lot of reasons why the Democrats and President Joe Biden have plummeted in the polls and then absorbed a huge defeat across the country in the recent election. As often is the case in politics, the party…
General Colin Powell
The death this past week of General Colin Powell at the age of 84 removes from our country one of the most outstanding persons ever to serve the United States. Colin Powell was both a soldier and a statesman. What…
Get Your Booster STAT
With the FDA and the CDC recommending that already-vaccinated Americans over a certain age and with certain medical conditions receive booster shots, we urge all of our readers who qualify to receive a booster to do so as soon as…