Category: Editorials

Letter to the Editor

Thank you for your continued support To the Editor, On behalf of the East Boston Athletic Board, I would like to thank the East Boston Foundation for their continued support of our mission. We would also like to thank our…

Happy Fourth of July

With the Fourth of July falling on a Friday this year, many of us will be enjoying a long holiday weekend for which the weather is expected to cooperate. The Fourth of July brings back fond recollections from our youth,…

Enjoy a “Safe and Sane” Fourth

Back at the turn of the last century (i.e., 1900), newspapers exhorted their readers to observe a “safe and sane” Fourth of July. That’s because in communities big and small all across America, the founding of our nation had become…

Iran Finally Reaps What it is has Sown

The decision by President Donald Trump to assist the Israeli effort in setting back Iran’s nuclear weapons program should be applauded by every person who realizes that Iran’s attainment of nuclear weaponry would be disastrous for the world. The Russian…

Israel has no Choice

Israel’s decision to eliminate Iran’s nuclear and ballistic missile facilities not only comes as no surprise, but should be welcomed by everyone who understands that the only threats to world peace come from the authoritarian rulers of the Axis of…

Happy Juneteenth

Juneteenth, which has been a national holiday since 2021, marks the day when the Union Army entered the city of Galveston on June 19, 1865, and freed the slaves in Texas pursuant to President Lincoln’s Emancipation Proclamation, which had gone…

Letter to the Editor

Mayhem in the Bike Lane Response To the Editor, I strongly agree with your excellent June 4th editorial, “Mayhem in the Bike Lane”. You have accurately described the serious deficiencies of the statewide bicycle systems, including those in Boston. For…