My parents never forgot their Irish roots. Their callused hands have long-since disappeared from this earth, but their spirit still beats strongly – within us.
When they boarded that tender in Cobh to be ferried to a British ocean liner for an Atlantic crossing, calmly — but firmly — they were admonished, "Keep the Faith." They did.
Governor Charlie Baker would veto a Massachusetts Senate budget provision limiting state law enforcement's role in enforcement of federal immigration laws, he said Thursday.
