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: Editorials
Our Support for Ukraine Must Not Waver: 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
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, often…
The Sky Is Falling?
With U.S. jets shooting down numerous unidentified flying objects seemingly every day over North American air space in the past week, we’re all wondering, “What the heck is going on?” As this is being written, the only thing we know…
The Victims in Turkey and Syria Need Our Help
The ongoing tragedy because of the devastating earthquake that struck the nations of Turkey and Syria is the worst humanitarian disaster the world has seen in many years. More than 35,000 people have died and that number is sure to…
For Pats Fans, the Super Bowl Just Isn’t the Same
This past Sunday’s Super Bowl game between the Eagles and the Chiefs certainly lived up to its hype. But for those of us who were New England Patriots’ fans for the two decades from 2001-19, the Super Bowl season just…
Guest Op-Ed: School Bullying Must Stop, Everyone Must Work Together
Dr. Glenn Mollette Four New Jersey teenagers have been charged in connection with the attack of a 14-year-old girl who later took her own life after video of the incident was posted on social media. One juvenile is charged with…
Only God Can Make a Tree – But You Can Help
As we were reading the news story in last week’s newspaper about the efforts of Tree Eastie, a non-profit organization that focuses on planting and maintaining trees to increase East Boston’s scarce tree canopy, it brought to mind the poem…
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
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 out…