By City Council President Ed Flynn During his term in leadership at the Council over the last twenty months, Boston City Council President Ed Flynn has organized a series of training sessions with colleagues and staff aimed at encouraging civility…
Category: Opinion
The Revere Beach Sand Sculpting Festival is this weekend
One of the premier events of the summer season in the Greater Boston area is set to take place this weekend when the 19th annual International Sand Sculpting Festival returns to Revere Beach this Friday, July 28, through Sunday, July…
A sad, tragic week — safety always must be number one
When we looked at our Boston newspapers this past Thursday, a cavalcade of headlines, one-after-another, told stories of sadness and tragedy throughout our area. There was the four year-old boy who was struck and killed by a hit-and-run driver in…
Progressive Democrats Need To Get Real
The opposition by some progressive Democrats to President Joe Biden’s decision to send cluster bombs to Ukraine is yet another indication of how out-of-touch with reality they can be on certain issues. To be sure, the use of cluster bombs…
Where Is That Russian “Rebel” Army?
Two weeks ago, the news headlines were all about the supposed attempted coup by Yevgheny Prigozhin, the head of the Wagner group, who reportedly was marching his 8000 man army to Moscow. But since then, both he and his army…
Yes, We’re in Hot Water
It’s a cliche that modern man is out-of-touch with the natural world (what’s left of it). Whereas our long-ago ancestors had a deep sense of the change of seasons, migrations of animals, and so forth, we know nothing. Compared to…
No End in Sight for Housing Crisis
Everyone on all sides of the political and economic spectrums are in agreement that (1) inflation is too high and (2) there is a shortage of housing in this country. However, solving both of those problems seems to have become…
Letters
We Must Preserve the Trees Dear Editor: I have been very impressed and pleased by the statements of City of Boston officials regarding their commitment to protect trees and promote tree cover in the City. I was deeply saddened and…
Reader Weighs In on Composting and the City’s Rodent Population
Dear Editor, Mr. Whitney makes a good case for reducing the overwhelming rat population that inhabit many of Boston’s neighborhoods by not allowing trash in plastic bags to be put out curbside the night before scheduled trash pickup (per Rob…
Climate Change Affects Everyone Through Water – Even in Massachusetts
By Julia Blatt, Executive Director, Massachusetts Rivers Alliance When we think of climate change, the first images that come to mind are of hot temperatures, melting ice caps, and greenhouse gases clogging the atmosphere. A recent report by the United…