Our Independent Newspaper Group founding publisher, Andrew P. Quigley, who lived an extraordinary life, used to say, “When you look back on your life, you realize that all you really have is a lot of memories.” What brings these words…
Category: Editorials
Congratulations, U.S. Women’s Soccer
Every now and then the accomplishments of an individual athlete or team will transcend whatever it is that they have achieved in the world of sports. Prime examples include the late Muhammad Ali and the 1980 U.S. Olympic hockey team. …
Guest Op-Ed : How We’re Working to Ensure the Boston Police Department Reflects and Serves Our Neighborhoods
By Mayor Martin J. Walsh Last month, we welcomed the Boston Police Academy’s newest recruits. These men and women had spent the last six months learning to serve and protect the people of Boston with the highest standards of excellence…
Enjoy an Awesome and Safe 4th of July
With the Fourth of July falling on a Thursday this year, many of us will be enjoying an extra-long holiday weekend for which the weather hopefully will cooperate. The Fourth of July rekindles fond memories from our childhood of the…
Letter to the Editor
On the Right Whales Dear Editor: We appreciate that your June 21 editorial “Another Sad Sign of the Times” calls attention to critically endangered North Atlantic right whales but it made several misleading claims about their fight for survival and…
Guest Op-Ed: Baby Boomers Should be Wary of Medicare Changes
By Sandip Shah Baby boomers are aging rapidly. Around 10,000 Americans celebrate their 65th birthday every day. Unfortunately for these seniors, the government health care to which they’re entitled may put their lives at risk. That’s thanks to a…
Our National Disgrace at the Border
Hundreds of migrant children have been transferred out of a filthy Border Patrol station in Texas where they had been detained for weeks without access to soap, clean clothes or adequate food, the authorities confirmed on Monday, — The New…
Celebrate Your Community on Independence Day
By Quint Studer As I go about my work of helping communities revitalize and reinvent themselves, I often get to see the best of America and I’m reminded that the foundations that built this country are still just as important…
Another Sad Sign of the Times
The news that North American right whales — considered to be the second-most endangered marine mammal in the world — have been migrating further north into Canada in just the past two years because of a shift in their traditional…
Letters to the Editor
On New Trash Pickup Times Dear Editor: As a longtime resident of Beacon Hill and trustee of a condominium association, I read with much trepidation the City’s decision to advance the pickup time for trash to 6 a.m. beginning on…