EDITORIAL
Excusing police misconductThe arrest of professor Henry Louis Gates at his home in Cambridge last July created such a national furor that city officials had to respond. As is often done in such cases, they created a commission to study the matter. The Cambridge Review Committee published its Final Report on June 15. More » |
OPINION
In politics, some too old to governIn our great system of American government, we have come to believe that age is a good thing. The older our elected officials - the theory goes - the better equipped and more seasoned they are to handle the challenges of running a government across our continental country. After all, experience is what voters crave, no? More » |
LETTER TO THE EDITOR
A historical footnoteThe history of blacks in Boston is often overlooked. It was informative to learn recently in another Boston newspaper that the city's first black police officer was actually Horatio Julius Homer, who joined the force in 1878. It was previously thought that there were no black police officers until 1919, 41 years later. More » |
