David M. Shribman MONTREAL — It doesn’t look like a crucible of power. It occupies a full block on Sainte-Catherine Street, not far from my barbershop, a sushi restaurant, a bagel store and two dry cleaners. Its entry looks grand — three sets of oak double doors — but otherwise, there’s nothing remarkable about the pale brick structure. It’s a high school like so many … [Read more...] about Shribman: Kamala Harris’ Canadian roots
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Nature in the Neighborhood: Butterflies and snakes
The Swampscott Conservancy September is when I notice more monarch butterflies passing through my garden. You can’t miss them. Not with their brilliant orange and black wing pattern. Danaus plexippus is perhaps the best known of all the butterflies, one that everyone can readily identify as they flutter by. I imagine that they are beginning their long journey from our … [Read more...] about Nature in the Neighborhood: Butterflies and snakes
Why is the US fighting nuclear threats behind closed doors?
Andreas Kluth “Every man, woman and child lives under a nuclear sword of Damocles, hanging by the slenderest of threads, capable of being cut at any moment by accident or miscalculation or by madness,” the American president told the world, friend and foe alike. That was John F. Kennedy, speaking to the United Nations in 1961, in one of his many public entreaties to … [Read more...] about Why is the US fighting nuclear threats behind closed doors?
Undecided moderate women could be the tipping point this November
Jackie Payne After a wild few weeks, the top of the ticket is once again set for Democrats and Republicans. Polls show Vice President Kamala Harris and former President Donald Trump are neck and neck. Over the last several years, we’ve seen presidential elections decided by slimmer and slimmer margins, and 2024 will likely be no different. In fact, it might be even more of … [Read more...] about Undecided moderate women could be the tipping point this November
LTE: People should behave respectably while using our parks
To the editor: On the morning of Saturday, Aug. 24, 2024, there was a disturbing verbal exchange between a pickleball player and a neighborhood parent at Lakeshore Park. I do not know the particulars, but from what I could hear and see from my yard a few hundred yards away, there was a player in an orange shirt spewing profanity at a resident of the neighborhood. It … [Read more...] about LTE: People should behave respectably while using our parks