The reports that former President Jimmy Carter has returned home for hospice care came as sad news for all Americans this week. Ever since the self-described peanut farmer burst onto the national scene shortly after he was elected governor of…
Category: Opinion
Our Support for Ukraine Must Not Waiver: We Must Remain the Arsenal of Democracy
This week marks the first anniversary of the unprovoked invasion of Ukraine by the government of Russia and its sociopathic leader, Vladimir Putin. The Ukrainian people have demonstrated to the world that freedom isn’t free. The enormous sacrifices they are…
Guest Op-Ed: Police Officers and Citizens Must Have Mutual Respect
By Dr. Glenn Mollette American citizens need police officers. Our state police, county sheriff’s department and city police all deserve our help, respect and decent pay. None of us like being recipients of speeding or other motor vehicle violations. However,…
Guest Op-Ed: Start Solving the Vocational Admissions Problem: Improve Access, Create More Seats
By Steven C. Sharek It’s no longer a secret that Massachusetts vocational-technical and agricultural high schools are a great option for students of all backgrounds who want to learn a trade and pursue a career. Unfortunately, there simply isn’t enough…
Temporary Relief for Forbes Tenants – But They Deserve A Long-Term Solution
We were pleased to hear at the recent meeting of the Jamaica Pond Association that city and state officials have reached an agreement with the owner of the Forbes apartment building at 545 Centre St. for rents to remain stable…
No Child Should Live in Deep Poverty
We wish to voice our support for a bill sponsored by Everett State Senator Sal DiDomenico, the Assistant Majority Leader of the Massachusetts Senate, that seeks to accelerate the timetable for lifting children in our state out of what is…
Guest Op-Ed:Tired of Hearing About China? Stop the Cash Flow
By Dr. Glenn Mollette Do you get tired of hearing about China? Now we have floating surveillance balloons over our country. We are yet to know for sure what this is about but time will tell. China is probably scouting…
The Maura Healey era has begun!
Governor Maura Healey wasted little time since her inauguration a few weeks ago in setting the pace for what we’re sure will be an active — and activist — administration with her announcement last week that she will be filing…
Merry Christmas
This is the most wonderful time of the year, to paraphrase the popular song, with holiday music playing in the malls and on our car radios, resurrecting our earliest childhood memories of Christmases-past. We choose just the right tree, decorate…
A Great World Cup
We don’t pretend to be big soccer fans, but even we were caught up in the excitement and the drama of the World Cup, which reached its climax this past Sunday with the exciting and exhilarating victory by Argentina in…