What Mayor Walsh’s annual address didn’t say about global warming
A NOTE ON THE CURRENT ANTI-WAR PROTESTS
Following the US assassination of a high-ranking Iranian commander
BOSTON: IT SUCKS LESS THAN DETROIT
A look at the Hub’s points of relative pride
BOSTONIANS NEED TO STEP UP
As the old saying goes, democracy is not a spectator sport
DON’T FALL FOR PROPAGANDA, VOTE BASED ON FACTS
In the 2020 election, working voters need to focus on candidates’ platforms… and actions
THANKSGIVING FICTION: WE LIVE IN THE UNIVERSE WHERE THE BAD GUYS WON
“Americans today live in a very real universe where the functional equivalent of Nazis—European colonists—committed genocide against Native American peoples…”
PASSENGERS AT RISK ON GREYHOUND, OTHER BUS LINES
No way to contact management in the event of driver medical or psychiatric emergency My wife had a meeting in New York City over the weekend, as is sometimes the case, and decided to take a bus back to Boston on Sunday evening. Over our many years together, we have found that buses […]
DEESCALATING THE HARVARD CRIMSON BOYCOTT
Alternatives for feuding student immigrant advocates and journalists As someone who has been both a journalist and a left-wing political activist for a long time, I suppose it’s inevitable that I would feel the need to weigh in on a debate currently raging between Harvard immigrant advocates and the independent Harvard student […]
A LOCAL VOTING PRIMER FOR WORKING PEOPLE
Democracy is for everybody, not just the rich. So get to the polls! Local elections are far more important than Mass voters seem to think, given the historically low turnouts for most of them in recent decades. Especially during off-year contests like this year’s. So, for starters, I just want to encourage everyone […]
MARCHING SEASON: JOIN THE RALLY FOR RENT CONTROL
Mass State House, Oct 29, noon-1:30 pm Twenty-five years after the real estate industry destroyed rent control in Massachusetts, marching season is upon us. A call to arms has been raised by tenant organizations across the land and real estate interests are being pushed back for the first time in decades. So, it’s […]
