The Spirit of Independence Day

The American flag is lowered during the Friday Evening Parade at Marine Barracks Washington in Washington, DC, US, on Friday, June 2, 2023. 

Photographer: Bonnie Cash/UPI

Happy Fourth of July from John in Boston. As we prepare to celebrate, I’ve been thinking about migrants who risk their lives in search of a better life. But in the meantime...

The implosion of the Titan deep-sea submarine that took the lives of all five people aboard was shocking, sad and horrifying. There are thousands more who take grave risks at sea, many of them people who leave home and head to other countries in search of jobs or freedom from oppression, often at the risk of life and limb.