To the editor:
How very fortunate a new Kennedy — what's his name — could be running for public office.
He could be sailing a decent-sized yacht or slamming a squash ball, yet he is sacrificing his boredom to provide leadership.
Malcolm Miller
Salem
Opinion
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Our View: Big test for upstart Senate candidate
Supporters of Democratic U.S. Senate candidate Elizabeth Warren are under no obligation to help Marisa DeFranco obtain the minimum 15 percent delegate vote she requires to win a place on the primary ballot in September.
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Our View: Time to get rid of Salem council's silly gag rule
The writer T.S. Eliot once observed that "half of the harm that is done in this world is due to people who want to feel important."
The rule that allows a single member of the Salem City Council to prevent anyone, even the mayor, from addressing that body makes that councilor feel important. It serves no other purpose. -
Reg Henry: Dear Friends: Facebook is, like, so lame
There comes a time in every life when a person must take the plunge, break from the old routine, embrace the future. So it was with me and Facebook.
I saw many of my friends and relatives sign up for Facebook in recent years. But being somewhat of an anti-social person working not in new media but grumpy old media, I resisted doing so myself as an individual act of defiance. -
What Others Say: Nanny state alive and well in the Merrimack Valley
Let's stipulate that smoking is very, very bad for you.
If you don't quit, it will probably kill you, one way or another. It will impoverish you little by little as you plop down $7 or $8 for a pack of cigarettes. -
Letter: Great day for Farms community
To the editor:
"Magnificent" and "moving" are the two words best suited to describe the day and the spirit coursing through the community during this past Sunday's Memorial Day parade in Beverly Farms. - Letter: Proposed development threatens another Beverly neighborhood
- Letter: Excessive parking rules threaten Salem's small businesses
- Letter: Goal should be reasonable ambulance rates for all
- Our View: Sports stardom no guarantee of future success
- Our View: For better or worse, this trio helped define our culture
- Letter: Project should provide ownership option for working class
- Letter: St. Mary's: Lifebridge should mend things by finding new home for grotto icons
- Letter: St. Joseph's Church: a legacy for future generations in Salem?
- Our View: A day to honor our military heroes
- Our View: Tourney time a spring treat
- Thanks: Chief made a good impression on her class
- Thanks: Auction raised money for Ipswich Rotary's good works
- Ann McFeatters: It's all about the economy
- Thanks: Many helped honor Marblehead physician
- Thanks: Change in Salem Hall of Fame something to celebrate
- Our View: Transient staff evidence of NOAA's dysfunction
- David M. Shribman: Respect for vets, confidence in military something we all agree on
- Quips & Quotes
- Our View: Time to move forward with Law of the Sea treaty
- Our View: Summer approaches
- Nelson Benton: Looking in on our city councils
- Letter: Students are authors of their own success
- Letter: Brown vote a blow to recent grads' fiscal wellbeing
- Letter: Gas plant makes sense for Salem
- Letter: Things to consider before opening mall to traffic
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Our View: Big test for upstart Senate candidate
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