Our love of hockey dates back to the 1960s, the golden era when “Bobby Orr and the Big, Bad Boston Bruins” (that was the title of a book that we’ve had since our youth) ruled the hockey world and the…
Category: Editorials
Letter to the Editor
Hill House Board of Directors thanks Katherine Snider Dear Hill House community We are writing to share important news regarding a change in leadership at Hill House. Katherine Snider recently informed the Board of Directors that she will step down…
Social media must be off-limits for children
After about 20 years of social media platforms operating without any legal or moral constraints, the evidence is overwhelmingly clear that social media is toxic for our children. Much like the tobacco companies 75 years ago (Big Tobacco was fully…
Ramadan begins this week
Ramadan, which will begin this week following the sighting of the crescent moon, is the holiest month of the year for members of the Muslim faith. For 2026, Ramadan is projected to start as early as Tuesday, February 17, and…
Guest Op-Ed: Progress updates on White Stadium
By the Mayor’s Office of Neighborhood Services, City of Boston Mayor Michelle Wu, in partnership with Boston Legacy Football Club (“Boston Legacy FC”), shared a progress update on the White Stadium renovation project, where construction is well underway. “Our Boston…
Our legislature should not stand in the way of Waymo
The two bills that are circulating in the state legislature that effectively would ban autonomous, self-driving vehicles in the state not only are short-sighted, but they also will serve to perpetuate the carnage on our dangerous and deadly roads. It…
Acclimating to Our Local Ice Age
The bitterly cold weather that we’ve been experiencing day-after-day this winter has been oppressive (not to mention costly because of our high heating bills). The daily lows in the single digits, coupled with the strong winds that have brought the…
Go Pats!
It seems like it was just yesterday that Patriot Nation looked forward to our Patriots making it to the Super Bowl almost every year. From 2002-2019, the Pats went to nine Super Bowls in 18 years, winning six of them,…
The Pitt Demonstrates a Healthcare System on Life Support
The Pitt, the critically-acclaimed hit series on HBO about an emergency room in a big-city hospital in Pittsburgh that has just begun its second season, is far more than just good entertainment. The critically-acclaimed show also accurately portrays the critical…
This is the SAD-dest Time of the Year — So get Outside
With the oppressiveness of a New England winter fully upon us, for many this can be the saddest time of the year — quite literally. The medical community has long-recognized that the shortened days of winter affect all of us…