Editorials
![Something stinks at BPS, and it's not just the stench of sewage at the Dearborn STEM Academy. Something stinks at BPS, and it's not just the stench of sewage at the Dearborn STEM Academy.](https://www.bostonherald.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/03/Dearbornlo02.jpg?w=127)
Editorial: Handling of school’s odor woes doesn’t pass sniff test
Something stinks at BPS, and it's not just the stench of sewage at the Dearborn...
![Congress just passed a $1.2 trillion measure to avert another government “shutdown.” Not surprisingly, it includes billions in pork backed by both Republican and Democratic members. Congress just passed a $1.2 trillion measure to avert another government “shutdown.” Not surprisingly, it includes billions in pork backed by both Republican and Democratic members.](https://www.bostonherald.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/03/BHR-Z-EDITORIAL_f90a2c.jpg?w=132)
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Editorial: Another budget-busting porkfest on Capitol Hill
Congress just passed a $1.2 trillion measure to avert another government “shutdown.” Not surprisingly, it...
![This is not a journalistic paper chase using the Freedom of Information Act for an academic exercise in the First Amendment. This won't be made into a Hollywood flick with A-list actors pretending to be from Boston. This is all about the victims. This is not a journalistic paper chase using the Freedom of Information Act for an academic exercise in the First Amendment. This won't be made into a Hollywood flick with A-list actors pretending to be from Boston. This is all about the victims.](https://www.bostonherald.com/wp-content/uploads/migration/1969/12/31/5465a0da-ed02-11e8-a6f8-3c15c472bc50-e1544477980607.jpg?w=136)
Editorial: FBI betrays Boston
This is not a journalistic paper chase using the Freedom of Information Act for an...
![As labor costs rise, self-checkout becomes a more attractive option. If a store loses $30 an hour from theft, but saves $60 an hour in labor costs, that’s a net financial win. As labor costs rise, self-checkout becomes a more attractive option. If a store loses $30 an hour from theft, but saves $60 an hour in labor costs, that’s a net financial win.](https://www.bostonherald.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/03/BHR-Z-EDITORIAL-01_7b66c9.jpg?w=135)
Editorial: As minimum wage rises, robots work for $0 an hour
As labor costs rise, self-checkout becomes a more attractive option. If a store loses $30...
![Why would a company lease office space in Boston with the specter of higher rents on the horizon because of tax increases? Why would a company lease office space in Boston with the specter of higher rents on the horizon because of tax increases?](https://www.bostonherald.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/03/nl001.jpg?w=115)
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Editorial: Sticking businesses with higher tax bills won’t help Boston
Why would a company lease office space in Boston with the specter of higher rents...
![Hefty paycheck double dipping is a bit of a tradition in Massachusetts, like the opening of the Swan Boats, or the delivery of Boston's Christmas tree from Nova Scotia. Hefty paycheck double dipping is a bit of a tradition in Massachusetts, like the opening of the Swan Boats, or the delivery of Boston's Christmas tree from Nova Scotia.](https://www.bostonherald.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/04/domems004.jpg?w=140)
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Editorial: MA watchdog serves notice to $$ double-dippers
Hefty paycheck double dipping is a bit of a tradition in Massachusetts, like the opening...
![The last thing anyone needs is for a cruise ship to "Storrow" in the Cape Cod Canal. The last thing anyone needs is for a cruise ship to "Storrow" in the Cape Cod Canal.](https://www.bostonherald.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/03/AP24086533008368.jpg?w=132)
Editorial: MA needs fed $$ to solve our own bridge problems
The last thing anyone needs is for a cruise ship to "Storrow" in the Cape...
![When can Martin Richard, Krystle Campbell, Lingzi Lu, Sean Collier and BPD Officer Dennis Simmonds rest in peace? When can Martin Richard, Krystle Campbell, Lingzi Lu, Sean Collier and BPD Officer Dennis Simmonds rest in peace?](https://www.bostonherald.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/06/Boston_Marathon_Bombing_81104.jpg?w=132)
Editorial: Tsarnaev appeal caves to anti-death penalty crowd
When can Martin Richard, Krystle Campbell, Lingzi Lu, Sean Collier and BPD Officer Dennis Simmonds...
![The SAT and ACT are making a small but important comeback after the tests were widely dropped as a requirement for college applications during the pandemic. The SAT and ACT are making a small but important comeback after the tests were widely dropped as a requirement for college applications during the pandemic.](https://www.bostonherald.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/03/BHR-Z-EDITORIAL_c19aa5.jpg?w=132)
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Editorial: Bringing back SAT requirement a smart move for colleges
The SAT and ACT are making a small but important comeback after the tests were...
![Legislation would give Canadian judges the power to issue sentences of life in prison for certain online speech violations. Legislation would give Canadian judges the power to issue sentences of life in prison for certain online speech violations.](https://www.bostonherald.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/03/BHR-Z-EDITORIAL-01_f6fffa.jpg?w=132)
Editorial: Progressive Canada a model for aggressive state censorship
Legislation would give Canadian judges the power to issue sentences of life in prison for...