Editorials
Editorial: Don’t hide bad news on energy costs until after election, Healey
Optics are a fair weather friend in politics. For every PR win, there's inevitably a...
Editorial: Auditor’s answers might finally end AG merry-go-round
Déjà vu all over again. That describes the status of the lengthy tug of war...
Editorial: Budget gaps call for slashing top public pay
Boston has a split personality when it comes to finances. On the one hand, a...
Editorial: ‘Leaving future generations with irreversible financial damage’
The Congressional Budget Office noted that the federal deficit for the first three months of...
Editorial: Pessimism weighs on Massachusetts’ business outlook
As the calendar flipped to 2026, the state’s employers entered the new year with the...
Editorial: Trooper George Hanna’s killer mustn’t go free
If a plea from Gov. Maura Healey won't sway the Massachusetts Parole Board, then hope...
Editorial: Can Massachusetts afford public mega salaries and pensions?
If Massachusetts is looking to change the state seal, "pretty great for a few but...
Editorial: Warren’s ‘bold’ new plan for Dems — let’s listen to voters
Democrats have to bring more to the table in 2028 than a robust hatred for...
Editorial: GDP shines, but consumers remain grumpy
The third quarter showed the economy has more strength than many expected. Now the question...
Editorial: Mobilizing mutual aid to curb cancer rate for firefighters
Providing increased opportunities for cancer screening and equipping firefighters with state-of-the-art gear – free of cancer-causing agents...
Editorial: Ford shows why government shouldn’t steer the economy
Since 2023, Ford has lost $13 billion selling EVs. For perspective, the company lost around...
Editorial: Student loan changes put college costs in crosshairs
Changes are coming to student loan borrowing and repayments this summer. For those who wanted...
Editorial: More public transportation is great — who’s going to pay?
In progressive Massachusetts, the only good car is one that's up on blocks, undriveable and...
Editorial: LaMar Cook’s $31,439 buyout is making us sick
For God's sake, anyone tied to this brand of deadly poison should never be allowed...
Medicaid fraud is a problem. But so is a lack of understanding about the program. (Editorial)
Medicaid has expanded dramatically since the pandemic, and we firmly believe that abuse must be...
Editorial: Money’s tight, except if you’re a UMass big shot
As the Herald does its yearly deep dive into the Massachusetts payroll database, the paychecks...
Editorial: Rent control not part of Healey’s affordability plans
While Healey has highlighted the now enacted ban on renter-paid broker’s fees as an accomplishment...
Editorial: Liberal states learn an expensive lesson
In recent years, a handful of deep-blue states have aggressively tried to offer “free” health...
Editorial: Aging population a ticking budget time bomb
The aging population grows, more need care, assistants' wages rise with program costs, the cycle...
Editorial: Trump makes headway on smaller federal workforce
Reducing headcount forces agencies to rethink priorities, streamline operations and justify the tasks they choose...
Editorial: Nationwide fraud cases slap in the face to taxpayers
Fraud is usually found after the fact, once perpetrators have pocketed hundreds of thousands to...
Editorial: Trump is rising above the madness of war
Keep going, Mr. President. Somebody needs to rise above all this madness.
Editorial: Finally — Jackpot reporting burden will be eased
Since 1977, slot winners who hit payouts of $1,200 or more must fill out W-2G...
Editorial: Why is Secret Service dropping the ball on protecting president?
President Trump's Secret Service detail has one job: protect the president. Yet even after a...
Editorial: Startups offer hope on critical rare-earth materials
The ingenuity of the U.S. private sector is without peer. If Washington can dismantle hurdles...
Editorial: Inflation taps the brakes
The November inflation numbers are in, and they’re a disappointment for Democrats. The Labor Department...
Editorial: Climate change Grinches look to ruin the holidays
Who doesn’t have a soft spot for the smells of the holidays? The aromatic cinnamon...
Editorial: Hunter Biden keeps the drama rolling as he slams dad’s policies
Hunter Biden, the poster boy for unearned privilege, just publicly bit the hand that fed...
Editorial: Common sense wins as Boston cracks down on shoplifters
Why would a store owner want to stay in a city where thieves end up...
Editorial: Ban social media for teens younger than 16
If you can’t even attend an R-rated movie on your own until you’re 17, kids...
Editorial: AP scores show that state assist can open doors
Opening that door of opportunity can pay dividends for countless students, and well worth the...
Editorial: Congress’ break without Obamacare deal insult to voters
Congress wrapped things up and left D.C. for the holiday recess this week -- and...
Editorial: Lower housing prices, not loan standards
The government should be very careful about opening the door to risky borrowers, especially when...
Editorial: A weekend of hatred that tears at the soul
The heart-wrenching news over the weekend came in waves, a tsunami of senseless tragedy and...
Editorial: A life without parole sentence should stick for Brian Walshe
Brian Walshe was found guilty Monday of the killing and grisly dismemberment of his wife...
Editorial: Congress has learned nothing as another shutdown looms
It's understandable that members of Congress try to remain in office for as long as...
Editorial: More housing’s great, but Mass. needs business, too
If Boston builds it, will they come? The city is banking on yes, as Mayor...
Editorial: Fight darkness with light at Hanukkah
A holiday that emphasizes victory over persecution has particular meaning to Jews right now.
Editorial: Another rent control failure in NYC
Last month, the New York Housing Conference noted that the owners of tens of thousands...
Editorial: America needs more people who work with their hands
Obtaining a respectable career with strong earning potential doesn’t require a college degree. Ford Motor...
Editorial: Clock ticking on Wu’s release of White Stadium taxpayer cost
Bostonians need to know where we stand, what kind of bill for White Stadium we're...
Editorial: ICE tactics undermine law enforcement mission
Videos shared via social media showing ICE agents dragging people from cars, smashing car windows,...
Editorial: Harvard, MIT still embarrassing failures
Harvard and MIT are rotting from the inside.
Editorial: Solving Boston’s tax burden is Wu’s great white whale
Next year's predicted 13% tax increase on single-family homeowners in Boston is appalling and unacceptable....
Editorial: Rolling in money but still drowning in red ink
Rather than an endless obsession with more revenue, Democrats in Washington and Sacramento who believe...
Editorial: Will pricey holiday gifts restrain urge to splurge?
Even though inflation has cooled, the cost of living’s floor remains high Given that reality,...
Editorial: City Hall can’t afford to miss another security lesson
Sanctuary City Boston just gave an inadvertent lesson in the need for border security with...
Editorial: Ballot measure would transform primary elections
Proposed Massachusetts referendum questions wending their way through the qualifying process for the 2026 state...
Editorial: Bostonians know what they need from a Chief of Streets
Rats, needles and trash. That's what Bostonians posting to 311.com cite as problems on city...
Editorial: Pricey prison phone call plan wrong number for taxpayers
It was a progressive masterstroke: give Massachusetts inmates unlimited, free phone calls. What could go...
Editorial: Students shouldn’t be ‘leverage’ in MBTA zone law fight
Leverage. It's a concept embraced by liberal pols who see constituents as means to an...
Editorial: Less-taxing ballot measures making progress
It’s looking more like Massachusetts voters might just get a direct say in how much...
Editorial: Palisade fire aftermath burns up government’s credibility
Anyone who believes that the government can solve their problems needs to spend some time...
Editorial: National Guard ambush latest sign of incendiary politics
The ambush attack on two National Guard troops in D.C. Wednesday is horrifying. But it...
Editorial: A cheaper Thanksgiving, but no one’s feeling rich
Thanksgiving dinner is cheaper this year, but it doesn’t feel that way because the things...
Editorial: Political turkeys in DC don’t deserve to be pardoned
President Donald Trump continued a Thanksgiving tradition Tuesday, pardoning North Carolina turkeys Gobble and Waddle....
Editorial: Lenient judges, lax parole boards imperil communities
Soft-on-crime judges and lax parole boards must be held accountable. Justice for victims has to...
Editorial: Panel’s deliberate pace doesn’t match xylazine’s OD threat
The illicit drug supply changes constantly, with new and addictive substances being mixed into street...
Editorial: Massachusetts lawmakers must get serious about costs
Affordability is an existential threat in Massachusetts. Policy makers should treat it as such.
Editorial: Trump delivering on Education Dept. promise
President Jimmy Carter created the department in 1979 as a sop to the teachers unions....
Editorial: If we want students in school, teachers must set example
Absenteeism has been such a problem that last year, Mayor Michelle Wu and BPS Superintendent...
Editorial: Bay Staters almost caught a break on energy costs
Who advocates for those struggling now with the choice to pay high energy bills or...
Editorial: Deceiving students, parents and communities
You might find the following question on a first-grade math test: “Fill in the box:...
Editorial: Kudos to Wu for getting more $$ from Northeastern
We've called out Mayor Michelle Wu for sticking Bostonians with an ever-increasing bill to cover...
Editorial: Kardashian’s AI fail a valuable lesson
Kardashian told Vanity Fair earlier this month that she used ChatGPT to answer legal questions...
Editorial: Despite building spurt, home ownership an elusive goal
Despite enduring some of the highest monthly expenses nationwide, only one in seven renter households...
Editorial: 21 is old enough to vote, enlist and go to jail
They're old enough to drive a car, vote, enlist in the military, and run for...
Editorial: Ending the filibuster would still be a bad idea
As the latest and longest government shutdown enters its denouement, Congress will be left to...
Editorial: Return to work order ‘shocking’ says irate DNC staff
A collective bargaining agreement reached in July allows DNC workers to “request to work remotely...
Editorial: Arctic Frost the biggest scandal you’ve never heard of
There’s significant evidence that the Biden administration engaged in a scandal on par with Watergate....
Editorial: Far from a dynamic duo on Boston Council
Boston City Councilors will soon be paid $125,000 a year; they should start earning it.
Editorial: BBC’s jolly good fun against Trump stinks
The BBC is much like our NPR; they just keep the taxpayer cash coming and...
Editorial: Healey’s ‘transparency’ keeps Mass. taxpayers in the dark
The Healey Administration refused the Herald's request for information on just how the former deputy...
Editorial: Mamdani win a triumph of wishful thinking over reality
Mamdani touted his victory as the onset of a “new age.” But are far-left Democrats...
Editorial: Fentanyl dealer deserves prison — now make sentence stick
A man who gave a lethal amount of fentanyl to a woman was charged with...
Editorial: Dems win on Trump resistance, now comes the hard part
Is this all a harbinger of next year's midterms? Possibly. It's also fairly typical of...
Editorial: Federal bureaucrats scoff at ‘arbitrary’ regulations
The Army Corps of Engineers has continued to harass landowners by employing an expansive reading...
Editorial: Why some New Yorkers are eying the exits if Mamdani wins
If Zohran Mamdani wins the New York City mayoral race, his tenure in office will...
Editorial: Cost savings spur higher-ed numbers rebound
Massachusetts, which took concrete steps to make a post-secondary degree more affordable, has begun to...
Editorial: Americans step up when Congress fails
If Washington lawmakers need some inspiration on how to work for their constituents, they should...
Editorial: Herald endorses Miniard Culpepper for District 7
District 7 needs to do more than weather the scandal, it needs a City Councilor...
Editorial: Another try at solving Holly Piirainen’s cold case
More than 32 years have passed since 10-year-old Holly left her grandparents’ home in Sturbridge...
Editorial: California offers cautionary tale about mail ballot security
Officials in Sacramento County recently found nearly 100 ballots while cleaning up a homeless encampment....
Editorial: Harvard inflates grades, deflates reputation
"My kid's getting A's at Harvard" isn't much of a flex anymore, thanks to a...
Editorial: The Herald endorses Ed Flynn for City Council
Ed Flynn gets it, and thankfully for the city, he gets back up when he's...
Editorial: Most Americans think neither party cares about them
Republicans came out as the party of immigration issues, crime, foreign policy, taxes and the...
Editorial: Herald endorses Onuoha, Murphy, Louijeune and Baker
We've seen what doesn't work, and we've learned what Bostonians need: A balanced City Council...
Editorial: Legislature proper vehicle for setting age-based limits
Should cities and towns have the right to enact age restrictions on the sale of...
Editorial: There’s a better way to help Argentina
U.S. Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent leads the team that is proposing to supply dollars to...
Editorial: The crock stops here — this must be last shutdown
The American people are done with the government shutdown. The agency closures, furloughs, delayed paychecks,...
Editorial: $155M for Mount Holyoke could build a lot of affordable housing
People aren't leaving Massachusetts because Mount Holyoke isn't caught up on geothermal energy use. They're...
Editorial: Boston is a very safe city — for shoplifters
We want Boston to thrive, from the Seaport to the Back Bay, from the South...
Editorial: Buyer, seller lose leverage with home inspect waiver law
In this state’s overheated housing market, prospective buyers desperately trying to become homeowners sometimes accept...
Editorial: Government debt is a global problem
The only alternative to an eventual fiscal breakdown is to combine spending restraint with new...
Editorial: This Bandit works at easing stress in state prisons
The use of man’s best friend as a calming presence in a variety of situations...
Editorial: Protesting ‘No Kings?’ How about no-audit Legislature?
A "No Kings" rally is planned for Boston Saturday to protest the Trump Administration. If...
Editorial: Just where did all that emergency shelter $$ go?
Someone made bank on the Massachusetts migrant crisis, and it sure wasn't Bay State taxpayers.
Editorial: Thanksgiving travel in the crosshairs of government shutdown
“We’re barreling toward one of the longest shutdowns in American history," House Speaker Mike Johnson...
Editorial: Say his name — Trump deserves credit for peace deal
There are resounding cries of joy and cheers for the Israel-Hamas peace deal brokered by...
Editorial: Mass. needs new ideas to reboot listless economy
By seemingly every measure, the Massachusetts economy will likely continue to maintain its sluggish pace...