We’re sure we’re no different than all of our fellow commuters in expressing this sentiment: It’s so nice when there are no school buses, crossing guards, and children in the streets during our morning commute. We time the departure from…
Category: Editorials
Guest Op-Ed : Regional Transit Centers on Everett Initiatives
By Ted Pyne Everett and its Lower Broadway corridor have been in the news, especially after the Encore Boston Harbor casino opening. However, the Casino isn’t the fastest changing part of the city. Using Census American community survey data, Everett’s…
What Happened to Our Red Sox, Nation?
After 2018’s record-setting season in which our Red Sox won the most regular-season games (108) in their history and then vanquished the Yankees, Astros, and Dodgers in the post-season by a combined 11-3 en route to winning the World Series,…
Guest Op-Ed : When Drug Prices Mean More than Sick Patients
By Merrill Matthews The Department of Health and Human Services has a new plan to cut drug spending. But it’s not a change for the better. To lower spending in Medicare Part B — the component of Medicare that covers…
Guest Op-Ed : President Trump Is Providing Hope for Kidney Patients
By Alex M. Azar II President Trump has promised to fight for the forgotten men and women of America—those whose needs and suffering have been too often unheeded by their government. One forgotten group in healthcare is the millions of…
Our Glorious Summer Days
When we think of the “dog days of summer,” what comes to mind are the languid and sultry days of early to mid-August, when the heat and humidity combine to make for a stew that can make even the most…
What Is Happening To Our Country?
“I say violence is necessary. Violence is a part of America’s culture. It is as American as cherry pie.” — Jamil Abdullah Al-Amin, also known as H. Rap Brown. America has been rooted in violence since our founding. We broke free…
Letter to the Editor
The 2020 Everett School Department Budget To the Editor, This past spring, the Everett School Committee, the Everett School Administration and the city of Everett’s Chief Financial Officer, Eric Demas, prepared and reviewed the FY 2020 School Department Budget. The…
Gov. Baker’s Bold Transportation Proposal
We were talking the other day with a young man who has been a teacher at Chelsea High School for the past couple of years. During our discussion, we were surprised to learn that he lives on the South Shore…
Overuse of Antibiotics Threatens All of Us
The discovery and widespread use of antibiotics in the middle of the last century ranks as one of the greatest achievements of modern science. Until the 20th century, infections that we now consider straightforward to treat – such as pneumonia…