By Dr. Glenn Mollette We like good news but typically the news is not good. Too often no news is good news. In reality, no news is bad news for us all. There is lots of recent bad news. A crazed…
Category: Editorials
So Far, We’ve Dodged the Energy Bullet
The winter season can be viewed in two ways. Meteorological winter is considered to be the three months of December, January, and February. Astronomical winter runs from December 22, the date of the winter solstice, to March 21, the date…
The Husband Always Is the Prime Suspect
The disappearance of a Cohasset mother of three who has been missing since January 1, once again has highlighted the tragic, but undeniable, reality that a woman in the United States is more likely to be killed by an intimate…
Guest Op-Ed: Renting or Buying, Which Is Best for You?
Dr. Glenn Mollette A retired minister and his wife had never owned a house. They had spent all their married lives living in housing provided by churches. At age 65 they bought a house and financed it for 15 years.…
We Must Never Forget the Legacy Of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.
For those of us of a certain age, it is hard to imagine that 2023 will mark 55 years since the assassination of Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King in Memphis while he was standing on the balcony of the Lorraine…
“That Would Never Happen Here…” “Oh Wait – It Did!”
For those of us who have been around for a while, the spectacle that unfolded this past weekend in Brazil, where thousands of the fascist followers of former President Jair Bolsonaro stormed that nation’s capitol buildings in a violent attempt…
Guest Op-Ed: Artichokes
By Elizabeth Umbro Cavallaro Artichokes originated in the Mediterranean region… namely Italy, Spain, Jerusalem, Tunisia circa 77 AD. Believe it or not, the artichoke was a faux pas which pulled itself from the earth and frightened the farmers. They were…
Gabriela Coletta: Our Dynamic City Councilor
When Lydia Edwards, our former District 1 City Councilor, was elected to the State Senate, our immediate reaction was, “Our loss is the Senate’s gain.” Ms. Edwards had been an outstanding member of the Boston City Council and we knew…
We Are Living – And Dying – With COVID-19
Although the restrictions — masking, social distancing, etc. — that were imposed during the first two years of the COVID-19 pandemic are largely gone and forgotten by the vast majority of Americans, the unfortunate reality is that COVID-19 has not…
Pele, the One and Only
Over the course of the past 60 years, there was one person who indisputably was the most famous man on the planet — and that person was Pele. Even those who knew nothing about soccer — or any other sport…