There are those who argue that democracy has run its course, that the checks and balances upon which it is dependent no longer work and we now have too many checks and very little balance.
Winston Churchill is reported to have said that... Read more
Community Comment
To the Editor:
I am glad to see attention being given to the needs of Mattapan children, but I’m concerned that your article, “Mattahunt center in limbo; community bypassed, say critics,” leaves a misleading impression about the ongoing... Read more
To the Editor:
I am a parent at the Lee Academy Pilot School on Talbot Ave., one of several small schools targeted by the BPS superintendent’s “Redesign and Reinvest” proposal for next school year. Because the Lee Academy shares a building with... Read more
To the Editor:
I am writing in response to last week’s letter to the editor from Barry Lawton about what leadership tradition Democratic... Read more
“The foul odor of mendacity,” uttered by Burl Ives as “Big Daddy” in the 1950s screen adaptation of “Cat On A Hot Tin Roof,” is that film’s most memorable line. It drips with disdain.
It’s another election season and the odor again permeates... Read more
Most voters know about the race for governor. And many of us have heard or read something about other races. But how many of us know about the three ballot questions that threaten our communities? They may be flying under the radar but they are,... Read more
One promise stood high from the Boston Public Library (BPL) management during last spring’s budget process: Cuts in personnel and branch closures would secure the stability – even the improvement – of library services citywide. We recently learned... Read more
Most voters know about the race for Governor. And many of us have heard or read something about other races. But how many of us know about the three ballot questions that threaten our communities? They may be flying under the radar but they are,... Read more
It’s all so familiar: Senseless shootings in those area of Dorchester where the most vulnerable live. Will it ever end or are the poor condemned to live in fear on the streets where danger seems ever present?
I was a judge in Dorchester District... Read more
I just don’t get it! On 9/11, a handful of bad Muslims attacked the homeland.
But in 1991, we and some good Muslims kicked out some bad Iraqi Muslims who had occupied Kuwait. Instead of toppling the Iraq regime at that time, we left the bad... Read more
I first started to feel the itch while on the phone with my mother a couple of weeks ago. I was lying on my bed, listening to Mom relate how she had been reading an article about bed bugs. Disgusting, aren’t they? And they’re not just plaguing... Read more
I am running for State Representative in the 6th Suffolk District as a Democrat. I have lived in this district for most of my adult life. I have been very active in local organizations and initiatives that aim to address pressing community concerns,... Read more
My candidacy can best be described as bringing accountability and job creation to all residents who live in the Fifth Suffolk District. I am running on my own accomplishments not like my three opponents who have never been elected to a public office. I... Read more
Our community is facing tough challenges. We are living through the worst economic crisis in a generation. At the same time, our neighborhoods have seen a resurgence of street violence. And as our families struggle to make ends meet, many of us are... Read more