Editorial

Announcements that Congress must raise the national debt limit create a queasy feeling for some people that the U.S. budget has been breached.

There has been a sharp decline in the rate of child births to teenagers over the past 30 years. This has led to less child poverty and an increase in the opportunity for young girls to prepare for educational advancement rather than to spend their time on maternal duties.

Black business owners with small companies are surprisingly optimistic about 2023 although many economists predict monetary challenges.

With the election of Kevin McCarthy as Speaker of the House, the nation’s more unruly conservatives are now in charge of the congressional body that controls America’s budget.

Although he was a son of Georgia, Dr. King spent many of his adult years in Boston. It is appropriate to create a monument here in commemoration of King’s great sacrifice and benefaction for the attainment of human solidarity in the City on a Hill.

It was always hard to see how working-class Americans could be fond of Donald Trump. He certainly had TV appeal, but his proposals provided few benefits for those with limited resources.

It is never too early to let party leaders know that voters are concerned about the nomination of judges as well as the appointment of government officials with authority. 

Everyone should sympathize with migrants who have been unable to thrive in their countries of origin, but it is inadvisable to enable them to enter the U.S., where elderly citizens might be vulnerable to COVID.

Trump’s conduct has perpetually violated for all Americans the status of the presidency, which is no longer pristine.

When the Boston City Council voted unanimously last week to establish a task force to study reparations for Black Bostonians they had to be concerned about something other than slavery. The Commonwealth of Massachusetts outlawed slavery in 1783, so the City of Boston has no liability for damages inflicted by slavery.

America came dangerously close to an economic disaster. Railroad workers unions were about to strike. This would have disrupted the shipment of merchandise during the nation’s busiest season.

Most Americans are unaware that many of their fellow citizens are held as captives by foreign governments on the basis of questionable violations.