We’d like to take a moment to express our appreciation to Gov. Charlie Baker, who has demonstrated incredible leadership during the past nine months of a crisis that is unprecedented in our state’s history. Day-after-day, Gov. Baker has confronted a…
Category: Editorials
Remember the Needy
We saw a statistic the other day that was absolutely mind-numbing: 18% of all Americans, and 24% of American children, do not have enough to eat on a daily basis. We mention this because during this Christmas season, when many…
Guest Op-Ed: Disappointment in Expanded Abortion
By Catholic Bishops of Massachusetts The consistent teaching of the Catholic Church is that life begins at conception and ends with natural death. As the Roman Catholic Bishops of Massachusetts, we at all times hold firm to that teaching so…
Guest Op-Ed: Boston’s Community Choice Electricity Program Is Making Us a More Sustainable and Resilient City– Here’s How You Can Take Part in It.
By Mayor Martin J. Walsh Boston is a leader on climate action. We’re preparing our communities for climate impacts like coastal flooding and heat waves, and we’re cutting the emissions that cause climate change to begin with. We’ve committed to…
Letter to the Editor
Congratulations, DR. Walensky To the Editor: On behalf of the entire Mass General family and with enormous pride and admiration, we congratulate Rochelle P. Walensky, MD, MPH, chief of Infectious Diseases at Mass General, on her appointment as director of…
Happy Hanukkah
The eight-day observance of Hanukkah, also known as the Festival of Lights, gets underway this Thursday, December 10, and will culminate next Friday, December 18. In summary, Hanukkah commemorates the victory of the Maccabees — a group of fierce warriors who used…
The Virus Is a Hunter — and We Are Its Prey
It now has been nine months since lockdowns went into effect in many states, including here in Massachusetts on March 16. However, despite all of our previous efforts, the COVID-19 pandemic is surging across the entire United States. The pleas of public health…
Pearl Harbor Was 79 Years Ago
It was 79 years ago this week — December 7 — that the nation of Japan launched its attack on Pearl Harbor. The very next day, President Franklin D. Roosevelt convened a joint session of Congress in which he famously…
Letter to the Editor
Finalize, Pass and Enact a COVID Relief Package To the Editor: With Election Day well behind us and most races settled, we renew our urgent request for action to help stave off further job loss on Main Street, especially as…
Judge Ferrino
The passing last week of Judge Joseph V. Ferrino marks the end of an era in the East Boston and Winthrop area. It is fair to say that there is no person who has been more impactful and was more…