Category: Your View

Years ago, health officials said cigarettes caused cancer. Then industry’s “tobacco scientists” claimed otherwise. The Harvard School of Public Health found proximity to nuclear plants, including Pilgrim, increases cancer risk. O’Brien, Holtec’s very own “tobacco scientist” denied the real scientists’ study. Do you believe the salesman or the scientists? Take a look at the Massachusetts […]

Some who are worried about the pollution and climate impact of burning fossil fuels are now supporting nuclear power because nuclear plants don’t spew CO2 into our air. But new Harvard School of Public Health research shows that people living within three miles of a nuclear power plant have a higher risk of getting cancer. […]

When faced with conflicting narratives about public health, I will always choose to listen first to independent, peer-reviewed science, particularly when it comes from researchers affiliated with the Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health rather than reassurances from a company with a direct financial interest in minimizing concern. The recently published Environmental Health study […]

We greatly appreciate the Harvard School of Public Health research team for their rigorous work examining cancer risks associated with the Pilgrim Nuclear Power Station. Their findings confirm what impacted communities have long understood: radioactive emissions from Pilgrim have harmed public health, with higher cancer rates observed among those who live and work closer to […]

Recently I read in the Plymouth Independent that the Town of Plymouth may have some upcoming fiscal challenges. Being a lifelong resident, naturally I want the town to be on solid monetary ground. I started to think about solving the town’s budding financial quandary. On a recent morning walk I watched the millionth vehicle speed […]

A recent Plymouth Independent article on town employee healthcare coverage speculated about my motives without reaching out for comment. Assigning intent to an elected official without seeking their perspective is not thorough journalism  –  it is lazy headline writing designed for clickbait, and it demands clarification. The claim that this proposal failed out of “fear” […]

The Abbey Road crosswalk is one of the most recognizable images in modern culture. It’s forever tied to the Beatles and to a time when music and the peace movement were changing the world. Those simple white lines, just meant to help people cross safely, ended up standing for something much more. In Plymouth, a […]

Mercy Otis Warren was a Revolutionary propagandist and its sharpest critic. Her pamphlets and satire were the fuel that rallied the colonies. Yet, she remains a victim of a historical misogyny that wants women to be the supporting cast, even when they were standing right on center stage. She started with a pen name. In […]

Sheriff McDonald is quoted [in a Plymouth Independent story] as saying, “Our cooperation with our federal partners continues to exist because it is my job to work with everyone in law enforcement.” Someone needs to inform the sheriff, and for that matter, Plymouth Select Board members of a state law on the books today. [The] […]

The illegal immigrant situation sure is tough one. But I can’t help but think it is very important to separate emotion from logic and status. Are the arrests traumatic to watch or to endure? Perhaps both? But focusing on the drama of the arrest and ignoring the logical facts misses things that are important. You […]