Prayer is effective, the world needs it

Anyone laboring under impression that Facebook actually plans to do something about the waves of “fake news” flooding the social media platform got a wakeup call recently. Or at least it should be a wakeup call.

Pinkerton shouldn't charge vets for field use

Russia is athreatening adversary

Thousands of commuters pass by the statue every day. Bobby Orr captured forever in bronze, flying through the air, face suffused with joy after scoring the game-winning overtime goal against the St. Louis Blues in the 1970 Stanley Cup finals.

Combatting tobacco use among teenagers was hard enough when the enemy was cigarettes, with their tell-tale traces of yellowed skin, stained teeth, a rattling cough and, above all else, a stale odor so sticky it could imprint on just about anything. This generation’s habit is far cleaner.

Now that we've observed Earth Day on April 22, let’s take a moment to reflect on the power of the grassroots movement behind that first celebration in 1970, which led to dramatic changes that improved the quality of our lives through cleaner air and water. Shocked by the massive oil spill th…

“Living here keeps me young.”

Filing federal taxes is never fun. And for millions of Americans, it is much more complicated than it needs to be.

Maybe we’ve become spoiled here in the center of the sports universe, but there was something less than stirring about the notion of the World Series champion Boston Red Sox opening the defense of their title some 3,000 miles from home, at T-Mobile Park, the somewhat antiseptic environs of t…

Granite Bridge deserves support

Well, the week ended with the words “Attack of the Onions” happening right at our own Market Basket, 9:30 a.m. Sunday morning.

Anyone holding out hope that the completion of Robert Mueller’s investigation into Russian interference in the 2016 presidential election would somehow also bring an end to one of the most divisive, fraught times in American political life are likely finding themselves quite disappointed.

The idea behind community recycling has always been simple. Separate your paper, plastic and glass from the rest of your refuse, watch it get picked up curbside and assume it would return to you later in the form of recycled goods.

One thing’s for sure about that hour of sleep we lost over the weekend: We won’t get it back, and generally speaking, that’s not a good thing. In fact, it’s an unhealthy thing.

Six months ago we gained an hour, setting the clocks back before hitting the hay that night. Maybe we stayed up an hour later, finishing a book or mindlessly scrolling through Instagram posts. We might have finished a project we hadn’t had time for before that day.

Vote Farrell for low taxes

After a mentally ill 20-year-old slaughtered 20 young children, six teachers and staff members at Sandy Hook Elementary School in Connecticut on Dec. 14, 2012, the nation was stunned. Citizens and lawmakers across the country called for tougher gun laws. The righteous anger at many levels of…

A voice of compassion, reason

There is still much to be learned about the sting operation at the Jupiter, Florida, massage parlor that led to a charge of soliciting prostitution for Robert Kraft.

By the time you get our story this week it will either be Valentine’s Day Eve or Day 2019. Maybe this Valentine's Day we can all pick just a couple people to spread a little love to.