Opinion
From the Jan. 16, 1970 edition of the Gazette:
As 2020 begins, we believe it is important to reflect on the injustices, struggles, and challenges of this past year (and decade), but also to recognize seeds of change and generative action.
Politicians of the Reagan era scuttled a time-honored tradition. They gutted the media doctrines of fairness, equal time and anti-monopoly practices.
Winter tiptoed in this year, like a teen who stayed out too late and was careful to not wake a sleeping household.
The Vineyard Transit Authority is to be applauded as it makes the transition to electric buses, backed by generous state grants and at no burden to Island taxpayers.
Admittedly, it was decades ago that I was in Iran, during the last year of the U.S.-backed Shah Mohammad Reza Pahlavi regime, but I have never forgotten the beauty of the Imam Mosque.