
The hand that serves the Seder table
There is a famous poem by William Wallace that goes: “The hand that rocks the cradle is the hand that rules the world.” The ripple effect that comes from the... Read more.

We need the 100 percent Clean Act
Two weeks ago, I went to class in shorts. You read that right. Middle of February, in Amherst, I was walking to my Politics and the End of the World seminar in... Read more.

Inclusion, discrimination and the church
To the editor: I am responding to the editorial “LGBTQ and you” that appeared in the March 8 edition of The Daily Item. In it, Msgr. Paul Garrity goes on... Read more.

We need an answer for why hospital wait times are so long
To the editor: As I sit in MGH Boston’s emergency room with a very ill family member who is in pain, I can’t understand why waiting hours and hours to... Read more.