Dr. Glenn Mollette Most federal career politicians end up very wealthy. They make good salaries. They have great health insurance and very nice retirement packages. They typically develop political action committees that cover expenses the government doesn’t pay. When they…
Category: Editorials
Letter to the Editor
Lead by Example in Promoting Equality To the Editor, Members of the Haitian, Black communities, and Latino communities are writing to demand that the city of Everett take immediate action against its executive employees involved in the racist and discriminatory…
Congratulations To the Class of 2022
These have been difficult times for all of us, but particularly for our young people, who have sacrificed so many of their rites of passage to the demands of the pandemic during these past two years. For older people such…
Letter to the Editor
Thank You, Sal DiDomenico, for Being a Tireless Supporter To the Editor, My name is Meghan O’Connor and I am a resident of Everett (Ward 4, Precinct 2 to be exact). My partner and I bought our home here in…
A Memorial Day Truism: Freedom Isn’t Free
For the first time in 20 years — that’s an entire generation — America’s military men and women are not fighting a war on foreign soil. The withdrawal of our remaining troops from Afghanistan last August brought to an end…
Letter to the Editor
I Take Full Responsibility To the Editor, After taking time to reflect, I have decided to step down from my position as an Everett City Councilor; effective immediately. My actions have clearly hurt a city that I love, and am…
No End in Sight for Our Recurring National Nightmare
The horrific and tragic mass shooting that occurred in Buffalo, New York, on a quiet Saturday afternoon in a supermarket in a predominantly Black community once again has highlighted how the intersection of racial hatred fomented by the internet and…
If Women Were World Leaders, There Would Be No More Wars
It’s well-known that men constitute most of the sociopaths among us. A sociopath by definition lacks empathy, a person who has no conscience. Although childhood trauma and abuse can alter a person’s brain, sociopaths for the most part are born,…
Letter to the Editor
Thank You for a Successful Pop-Up Picnic To the Editor, The Everett Cultural Council (ECC) wishes to thank everyone who toughed it out through the heat to help us have a great Pop-Up Picnic. Thanks to: The City of Everett, Mass…
Michael Matarazzo Will Be Missed
The Everett community recently lost one of its all-time leading citizens with the passing last week of Michael G. “Marty” Matarazzo. Mr. Matarazzo, who was only 68, truly was a man of many talents and abilities. He served on the…