By Steven Sharek It’s no longer a secret that Massachusetts vocational-technical and agricultural high schools are a great option for students of all backgrounds who want to learn a trade and pursue a career. Unfortunately, there simply isn’t enough space…
Category: Editorials
Mayor Arrigo: No.1 in Massachusetts
The announcement in last week’s Journal that Mayor Brian Arrigo recently was unanimously elected as the President of the Massachusetts Mayors’ Association not only represents a great honor for the mayor, but also acknowledges that our city is one of…
Thank You, Senator Edwards
We’d like to take a moment to thank our State Senator, Lydia Edwards, for taking the time to make a presentation at last Thursday evening’s meeting of the Revere Human Rights Commission to highlight the month of February as Black…
No Child Should Live in Deep Poverty
We wish to voice our support for a bill sponsored by State Senator Sal DiDomenico, the Assistant Majority Leader of the Massachusetts Senate, that seeks to accelerate the timetable for lifting children in our state out of what is known…
Letter to the Editor
Department of Homeland Security-Really? Dear Editor, In a recent report from the Federation for American Immigration Reform, some telling issues were raised regarding the function of the DHS. Federal Law requires that migrants entering illegally be detained, and if their…
Get Ready for the Cold!
We may have just finished what reportedly ranks as the fifth-warmest January on record, but by the end of this week, we’ll be experiencing our coldest weather in seven years when an Arctic blast dips into the United States and…
Health Care for All Is a Public Good
We were pleased to see that Chelsea’s newly-elected State Representative, Judith Garcia, announced last week that she has co-sponsored An Act to Advance Health Equity, a bill that aims to close the gap in healthcare by prioritizing equity in state…
Letter to the Editor
Tragic Grief Dear Editor, I have been reading a book by David Kessler entitled “Finding Meaning, the Sixth Stage of Grief. Among the points made, Grief must be witnessed, acknowledged and that the period of grief and intensity is as…
The Maura Healey Era Has Begun!
Governor Maura Healey wasted little time since her inauguration a few weeks ago in setting the pace for what we’re sure will be an active — and activist — administration with her announcement last week that she will be filing…
Jacinda Ardern: A Total Class Act
We wish to make note of the incredibly classy announcement last week by New Zealand Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern, who told her country that she will be stepping down from the post after almost six years in office. Ms. Ardern…
Extend Your Dry January Into February
Over the past few years, Dry January has become more and more popular. It is estimated that 15% of regular drinkers choose not to drink during the month as a means of detoxing their minds and bodies from the pernicious…
Letters to the Editor
Defund Frankenstein Research Dear Editor, There are many ugly sides to Abortion Practices in this country. This atrocity continues because it generates a lucrative money making business. So who cares if innocent babies are tortured and killed in the process! …
So Far, We’ve Dodged the Energy Bullet
The winter season can be viewed in two ways. Meteorological winter is considered to be the three months of December, January, and February. Astronomical winter runs from December 22, the date of the winter solstice, to March 21, the date…
The Husband Always Is the Prime Suspect
The disappearance of a Cohasset mother of three who has been missing since January 1, once again has highlighted the tragic, but undeniable, reality that a woman in the United States is more likely to be killed by an intimate…
Letter to the Editor
Regarding Warming Center Dear Editor, Is Mark Sylvestri’s plan likely to pass? Wondering if you’ve ever heard of “the Cobra effect”? Basically it’s a tale of perverse incentive. In India under the British there were too many cobras on the…
We Must Never Forget the Legacy of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.
For those of us of a certain age, it is hard to imagine that 2023 will mark 55 years since the assassination of Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King in Memphis while he was standing on the balcony of the Lorraine…
Great Job, Katherine Clark!
If you were watching the drama (a/k/a the Theatre of the Absurd) that took place last week in the U.S. House of Representatives that culminated in the eventual election of Republican Kevin McCarthy as the new Speaker, among the Democrats…
“That Would Never Happen Here…†“Oh Wait – It Did!â€
For those of us who have been around for a while, the spectacle that unfolded this past weekend in Brazil, where thousands of the fascist followers of former President Jair Bolsonaro stormed that nation’s capitol buildings in a violent attempt…
Letter to the Editor
Greatest Tiramisu Dear Editor, In a world filled with news that often leaves us shaking our heads and sinking in heart, we try to find hope in a new year. The hope of a “fresh start”, that maybe things may…
We Are Living – And Dying – With COVID-19
Although the restrictions — masking, social distancing, etc. — that were imposed during the first two years of the COVID-19 pandemic are largely gone and forgotten by the vast majority of Americans, the unfortunate reality is that COVID-19 has not…
