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U.S. should take oil from Iraq,

The dismal April car sales data out of Detroit illustrated an important lesson about what it will take to reduce U.S. consumption of foreign oil and to cut greenhouse gas emissions. With the reality sinking in that high gas prices (already more than $4...

Gov. Deval Patrick recently announced an effort to create "regional growth districts" across Massachusetts, where he will pair streamlined permitting with increased focus from state officials.

A boycott doesn't work unless it creates hardship or controversy. The Fairhaven VFW color guard has every right to boycott the Memorial Day parade to make a political point.

The Center for Policy Analysis (CFPA) at UMass Dartmouth released a poll on May 5 that found that 57 percent of Bay State residents support the licensing of two or more resort casinos in Massachusetts. The results document that support for casino gaming...

I am writing regarding the current major health concern of safe medication administration.

"First, we had to cut back by $194,000. Then they wanted us to reduce it by $619,000. It will be devastating, just devastating to the school."

Pope Benedict XVI, for the first time, has visited America after achieving his position as pope within the Catholic Church. Along with addressing the financial issues that churches in the United States are facing, he has come to address the charges of...

As America struggles with financial austerity at home and heightened economic competition abroad, the temptation to find new enemies is substantial. It should be resisted at all costs because what we really need is to be realistic about the actual...

Some 50 million American workers are enrolled in 401(k)-style retirement-savings plans, but fees charged in those plans can cut deeply into their returns. And most Americans with 401(k) plans — more than 80 percent in a 2007 AARP survey — are...

A pothole in the road to freedom

This is the first Mother's Day since my mother, Jean Cadden, was struck and killed by an elderly driver, Evelyn Pursley, in one of Mattapoisett's dangerously unenforced Route 6 crosswalks. This tragedy naturally sparked discussion concerning testing for...

I offer this as a Mother's Day devotional for your mother and mine.

Life is a struggle — for the people of the world who can't afford rice and, in different ways, for the comparatively privileged American.

Enough has been written about the causes of the housing crisis that afflicts Massachusetts, especially the Cape and SouthCoast.

The May issue of Smithsonian magazine featured the results of a survey of high school students, who were asked to list the 10 most famous people in American history.

State legislators could act as early as today on an important public safety measure.

In his May 11 letter, Raymond Morse states incorrectly that the "new" real crisis is better vehicle performance, for that would decrease oil company profits. He also asks why families should pay $4 a gallon for heating oil.

Poor Obama. After 20 years of listening to the Rev. Wright's anti-American tirades, the candidate who says that "words have meaning" finally repudiated his racist counselor, friend and spiritual adviser.

In response to "Where fingers point in our real oil 'crisis,'" (Letters, May 11), the real oil crisis is the way Americans use gas and oil — as though there were to be no tomorrow — in a downright unpatriotic fashion.

I emphatically urge all Falmouth voters to participate in the upcoming town elections and to vote yes on Question 1, which would approve spending an additional $19 million to complete the renovation of Falmouth High School.

I wish all the presidential candidates could come to a town meeting with a good budget debate.