Charles: It’s time we faced our fears By Cheryl Charles | July 1, 2020 9:04 PM We are now halfway through 2020. What started out as a sad political exercise in obfuscation and obstruction (known nostalgically
Charles: Let’s reimagine police work By Cheryl Charles | June 17, 2020 9:05 PM In case you missed it, another black man was shot and killed by police last week. This time, video evidence
Charles: Looters steal more than merchandise By Cheryl Charles | June 3, 2020 9:12 PM I attended one of Sunday’s peaceful protests in Boston. I went with my daughter and a friend of hers who
Charles: Hell yes, I’m angry. Why aren’t you? By Cheryl Charles | June 1, 2020 9:11 PM A couple of weeks ago, I got a call on my office voicemail from a local gentleman who was incensed.
Charles: It won’t always be like this By Cheryl Charles | May 20, 2020 9:03 PM When I was about 8½ months pregnant with my now college-aged daughter, I remember one day looking in the mirror,
Charles: More musings from the pandemic By Cheryl Charles | May 6, 2020 9:05 PM The kitchen trash can in my house is filled up and has to be taken out to the barrels every
Charles: The parallels — and debacles — of 2 viruses By Cheryl Charles | April 22, 2020 9:04 PM As we sit pondering this pandemic, we’re all looking for something to compare it to, something that has happened before
Charles: It’s the little things we miss By Cheryl Charles | April 8, 2020 9:01 PM Way back in the 20th century, there was a movie called “I was a Teenage Frankenstein.” Coming only five months
Charles: Observations from a social distance By Cheryl Charles | March 25, 2020 9:02 PM By now we’ve all discovered who the real MVPs in our society are, have we not? If you’re parents with
Charles: Fear, panic and virtual reality By Cheryl Charles | March 11, 2020 11:00 PM I’ve been listening, for a couple of months at least, to Whitney Houston and Kygo’s cover of Steve Winwood’s “Higher
Charles: No job for a woman. Again By Cheryl Charles | March 6, 2020 11:33 PM When my daughter was in second grade, her teacher, noting her leadership qualities, said to me, “you never know, she
Charles: Celebrating women with a strong sense of self By Cheryl Charles | February 26, 2020 11:01 PM When I was growing up, way back before electricity, being selfish was one of the worst things you could be
Charles: How about hitting reset for Valentine’s Day? By Cheryl Charles | February 12, 2020 11:01 PM The Good Lord willing, I will be spending Valentine’s Day weekend with two of my favorite people in the whole
Charles: That dialogue about race? First talk among yourselves By Cheryl Charles | February 10, 2020 11:01 PM Item staff writers, Cheryl Charles and Steve Krause, won awards for commentary in the New England Newspaper & Press Association’s
Charles: How should we remember Kobe? By Cheryl Charles | January 29, 2020 11:00 PM One must not speak ill of the dead. That missive has been drilled into most of us for so long,
isms through a prism: Ableism: Let’s not be oblivious By Cheryl Charles | January 19, 2020 11:10 PM I got out of bed this morning, although perhaps a bit more gingerly than I did in my younger days.
Charles: Hair-raising journey should be a non-issue By Cheryl Charles | January 15, 2020 11:00 PM Most women of a certain age (and that would be any age) can chart their life cycles through their hair
Charles: I care about Muslim persecution. And so should you. By Cheryl Charles | January 1, 2020 11:04 PM This first column of the new year should be about resolutions, regrets or reminiscing. But I can’t, in good conscience,
Charles: Leaning into the Christmas crazy By Cheryl Charles | December 18, 2019 11:00 PM For some families, the Thanksgiving holiday, with the extended family, is the holiday of the heebie-jeebies. They worry about debating
Charles: Not everyone is merry this time of the year By Cheryl Charles | December 4, 2019 11:04 PM Despite some of my previous writings (rantings), I’m actually a fairly happy person. I don’t have any real financial woes