To the editor: Looking back over 65 years of voting (the voting age was 21 back then), I realize that it never occurred to me not to vote. It was kind of like brushing your teeth (the healthy thing to do) and learning to swim (an important and fun accomplishment) and even a moral obligation (if you’re not part of the solution, you’re part of the problem). Over time, I got … [Read more...] about LTE: Be part of the solution and vote this year
Opinion
Women are America’s working class now
Kathryn Anne Edwards It’s an election year, which means we’ll be hearing a lot from both Democrats and Republicans claiming that their party is the one true champion of working-class Americans. Sure, but what does it mean to be part of the working class in America these days? It means being female. If there’s one statistic that describes the “working class” it is this: Of … [Read more...] about Women are America’s working class now
LTE: Waste not, want not
To the editor: This proverbial saying means that if the town uses its resources wisely, it might not need a fiscal budget override. As the former Coffin and Eveleth schools gather interior mold and exterior rust, an apparently uncompromising Marblehead School Committee refuses to liquidate these unused properties. School-budget dollars will be used to prevent, or repair … [Read more...] about LTE: Waste not, want not
LTE: A reply to this year’s Republican platform
To the editor: I read with some interest the letter to the editor on July 18, about the Republican platform. The writer asked me to “decide” if the end of democracy is at hand. Seal the border and stop the migrant invasion. To which I reply, "The Senate GOP had crafted such a bill with Democratic support earlier this year. It was the first such bill in decades that … [Read more...] about LTE: A reply to this year’s Republican platform
Aileen Cannon’s ruling isn’t just legally flawed. It has nothing to do with the law.
Harry Litman The initial impulse on reading Judge Aileen Cannon’s pseudo-scholarly 93-page dismissal of the classified documents case against Donald Trump is to list the legal errors and overreaches that demonstrate its brazenness and likelihood of being reversed. The opinion, which throws out the case on the dubious premise that special counsel Jack Smith was not … [Read more...] about Aileen Cannon’s ruling isn’t just legally flawed. It has nothing to do with the law.