Category: Opinion

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…

Letters

Editorial was on Target Dear Editor: The editors’ comments about the Baker administration’s school masking policies are completely on target. As a pediatric infectious disease specialist who has cared for children hospitalized with COVID-19 pneumonia, Multisystem Inflammatory Syndrome of Children,…

School Masking Is Not A Parental Matter

According to an interview in the Boston Globe, a member (who is a medical doctor) of the unpaid COVID-19 advisory panel to Gov. Charlie Baker made this statement regarding masking by children in public schools: “Regardless of science, and there…

Sober October: Now More Than Ever

We all know that the pandemic has not been great for either our physical or mental health. One of the strongest indicators of this is that overall alcohol consumption increased by 14 percent among Americans in 2020 and 23 percent…

Letter

With Regards to Domestic Violence Dear Editor, In the editorial, “A Sad But Predictable Outcome,” you examine the tragic death of 22-year-old Gabby Petito in Utah. The detailed statistics are indeed startling, and we appreciate your illustrating the sheer prevalence and pervasiveness of domestic violence. While often perceived…