By Mayor Martin Walsh The coronavirus is a serious public health crisis that is affecting every aspect of life in our city. I know that the changes have been disruptive, and the cancellations have been disappointing. Some working people are…
Category: Opinion
Thank goodness for Dr. Fauci
Watching the daily press briefings of the White House Task Force on the current corona virus crisis, we know we speak for all Americans in being thankful for the calming and professional presence of Dr. Anthony Fauci, who has served…
Letter to the Editor
Canceling Ward 11 Caucus Dear Editor, “In light of guidance provided by state officials at this Tuesday’s press conference, the Massachusetts Democratic Party is temporarily suspending all caucuses including Ward 11 Caucus in Jamaica Plain scheduled to take place. In…
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…
Op-ed: Why Kobe’s Death Matters And What We Can All Learn from His Life
Robert Lewis, Jr. The BASE joins millions around the world in mourning the death of basketball legend Kobe Bryant in a helicopter crash. Kobe – among just a handful of superstars identified by first name only — died along with…
Op-ed: Stop Big Game Trophy Hunting
By Melissa Martin, Ph.D. “International trophy hunting is a multinational, multimillion-dollar industry practiced throughout the world. Trophy hunting is broadly defined as the killing of animals for recreation with the purpose of collecting trophies such as horns, antlers, skulls, skins,…
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…
Op-Ed: Black History Is More Than a Month. Join Our Year-Round Celebration.
By Mayor Martin J. Walsh February is Black History Month and, in Boston, we have a full series of events planned to celebrate the achievements of Black Bostonians– the women and men, seniors and students, veterans and clergy, business owners…
Winter: So Far, So Good (and Not So Good)
The winter season thus far has been fairly easy to take for those of us who have lived in New England for all of our lives. The warmer-than-normal temperatures, highlighted by the record-breaking highs in the 70s two weekends ago, have been…
Op-Ed: Remembering Jim Hennigan
By Sal Giarratani I was over at Jim Hennigan’s wake over in West Roxbury where folks lined up to say good bye to an old school political legend. When I was a kid, he got himself elected as a…