Morning Updates: Confederate flag mars Boston monument, Whitey Bulger’s advice to teens
Good morning, Boston! Whitey Bulger has a surprising message for students, the Confederate flag brouhaha comes to Boston, and the rest of the stories you need to know for the day ahead.
Confederate flag placed at Boston historical black monument: “A Confederate battle flag was attached Sunday night to a Boston memorial that commemorates one of the first all-black regiments to fight for the union during the Civil War, hanging there for over an hour before a woman removed it. … Late Sunday night, the flag appeared ripped and torn from attempts to remove it. But it remained tied to the monument until 10:30 p.m., when [a passerby] finally untied it and took it down, placing it in a trash can.’’ (The Boston Globe)
Whitey Bulger writes from behind bars: “My life was wasted and spent foolishly, brought shame + suffering on my parents and siblings and will end soon,’’ Bulger wrote in a letter to three students at Apponequet Regional High School in Lakeville. “Advice is a cheap commodity some seek it from me about crime — I know only one thing for sure — If you want to make crime pay — ‘Go to Law School.’’’ (Boston.com)
“Elation’’ from judge in Mass. same-sex marriage case: “As the author of the Goodridge opinion, what was my reaction to last week’s US Supreme Court ruling in Obergefell v. Hodges? In a word, elation. … Where once my court had been vilified by some for its Goodridge decision, our nation has once again followed Massachusetts. Elation? Yes, indeed.’’ (The Boston Globe)
Greece and Europe are at a major inflection point: Greece has said it can’t meet its debt payment obligations, and will soon hold a referendum on whether to leave the euro currency. So what would a Greek exit mean for Europe? “In geopolitical terms it would push Greece closer to a hostile Russia. It would set a precedent that the European currency, and the European Union more broadly, is more fragile than its leaders would like the world to think.’’ (The New York Times)
Bicycle races are coming your way (or not): “As Boston 2024 officials have roamed the state putting together their new plan, there is one venue that no one seems to be vying for: the velodrome, a physically huge and enormously expensive indoor bicycling track that hosts one of America’s least popular Olympic sports. In an Olympic landscape stalked by white elephants, the velodrome just might be the lead pachyderm, skewered by critics as the ultimate symbol of the waste and excess required to host the Games.’’ (The Boston Globe)
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