There is an environment in the private sector that is compensating for all the business and revenues that were lost when the nation’s economy nearly collapsed in 2007. In fact, the nation’s economy has stabilized but millions remain unemployed, jobs…
Category: Editorials
Martin Luther King’s Birthday
Had he not been cut down by an assassin’s bullet in 1968, Martin Luther King would have been 83 this week. For those of us old enough to remember, MLK was in his prime when this nation was racially divided,…
A Tough Crime-solving Situation Confronts the Lynn Police Department
The Lynn Police Department has largely been unable to solve the vast majority of 30 violent crimes that occurred in Lynn since last October. Lynn Police Chief Kevin Coppinger has been asked why. He has said that the department had…
The New Year
The coming year is filled with challenges for Mayor Judith Flanagan-Kennedy and for the city council. It will be a year when even the easiest things seem a bit more difficult and when the difficult things appear overwhelming. Getting through…
Out with the Old; in with the New
It was a turbulent and tumultuous year in some parts of the world. In this nation, it was, above all, a year when we got more of the same rather than the dramatic change needed to alter our course. The…
Merry Christmas Happy Holiday
Christmas 2011 is days away. Most of us are busy preparing for the holiday. All of us this year are receiving a great present – the official end of the war in Iraq. Nine Christmas celebrations have come and gone…
The Lady and the Birds
Most of us like birds and smaller animals in general. Many of us have dogs and cats or fish or even guinea pigs and snakes. Most of us like old ladies who like to feed the birds. We also like…
Mayor Concerned About Canning
When we first heard about the mayor’s concern about local canning being out of control, we had to step back and wonder – who is canning what? Some of us thought raspberries were being canned. Others believed it was olives…
Occupying Lynn
The Occupy Boston protesters have moved into Jamaica Plain and into Davis Square in Somerville. Why haven’t they come to Lynn? They could encamp on Lynn Common although we’d bet hardly anyone in this city would understand what the heck…
Remembering the Past
This week marks the 70th anniversary of the Pearl Harbor surprise attack by the Japanese on December 7, 1941. Most Americans alive today cannot recall that day and year. They can’t even recall what the surprise attack was about nor…