In 1965, the rock band The Who gave us this iconic line in their anthemic 1960s song, My Generation: “Hope I die before I get old.” Well, anyone old enough to remember that song (and reading this column) obviously didn’t…
Category: Editorials
Enjoy a happy — and safe — New Year’s Eve
The end of one year and the start of another provides all of us with an opportunity for reflection. We are a year older — but have we become any wiser? Alfred Lord Tennyson’s “Ring Out Wild Bells,” which was…
Guest Op-Ed: 2023 – Love yourself so you can love others
By Dr. Glenn Mollette You can lose about one pound a week if you try. If you don’t try you won’t lose any. If you need to save some money then you need to pay yourself first. If you have…
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…
Encore’s Proposed Expansion – Wow!!!
It was 10 years ago this month that Encore Boston Harbor (formerly known as Wynn Resorts) filed its application with the Massachusetts Gaming Commission to become the license holder for a casino-hotel complex in the Boston area on the site…
Happy Hanukkah
The eight-day observance of Hanukkah, also known as the Festival of Lights, starts this Sunday evening, December 18, and will culminate on Monday, December 26. Hanukkah is observed for eight nights and days by lighting the candles of the Menorah,…
Guest Op-Ed: Celine Dion, Kirstie Alley, Christmas, Good News and Bad
By Dr. Glenn Mollette Award winning actress Kirstie Alley was diagnosed with cancer shortly before her untimely death at the young age of 71. Grammy award winning Celine Dion has recently been diagnosed with a neurological disease called Stiff Person…
Freedom Isn’t Free: Pearl Harbor Was 81 Years Ago:
It was 81 years ago this week that the nation of Japan launched its attack on the United States at Pearl Harbor in Hawaii on December 7, 1941. The very next day, President Franklin D. Roosevelt convened a joint session…
Guest Op-Ed: Christmas Rest and Peace
Dr. Glenn Mollette Christmas is a good time to catch up on your pumpkin pie eating. Pecan pie seems readily available so this too is a good option. Try to drink one glass of eggnog during the season of joy.…