Foxborough Founders Day is back! Saturday June 11, 2022!
I am *elated* that Foxborough Founders Day is back in 2022! Saturday, June 11, 2022! The Foxborough Founders Day committee…
My final column for the Foxboro Reporter: “Goodbye, Farewell And Amen: The Writer Steps Off The Stage”
By Robert Gillis Published in the Foxboro Reporter, and in edited form for the Boston City Paper, July 2019 “The…
My thoughts on Star Trek: Picard
October, 2020 I’ve wrapped up Star Trek: Picard last night. Liked it very much, more than I thought I would.…
Binge-Watching Star Trek Discovery during COVID-19 — a VERY entertaining Trek
by Robert Gillis5/2020 One of the benefits of quarantine (such as it is) — I’m halfway through Star Trek: Discovery…
Black Lives Matter
by Robert GillisPublished in the Boston City Paper, June 7, 2020https://boscp.com/2020/06/07/commentary-by-robert-gillis/It has happened to me TWICE this week that I…
America 2020: Protests, Violence, Racism — Divided We Fall
by Robert Gillis Published in the Foxboro Reporter May 31, 2020 I grew up in a very poor section of…
Do not feed the online trolls in the comment section and Facebook groups
by Robert GillisMay 16, 2020, 2…, maybe 3 A.M.?i think it was the guy who said sunshine kills COVID-19 that…
After fifty years, WAAF-107.3 signs off in Boston
By Robert GillisSince Tuesday, I have been listening to 107.3 WAAF most of this week as the DJs past and…
Welcoming Ghosts of Christmas at the North Shore Music Theater with David Coffee
December 21, 2019: And then this happened. Once again having the privilege to speak with David Coffee, Mr. Ebeneezer Scrooge,…
New Electronic Sign For The Marilyn Rodman Performing Arts Center / Orpheum Theater Deserves A YES Vote At Town Meeting
by Robert Gillis Published in the Foxboro Reporter 5/2019 Our annual town meeting will be May 13, 2019, and I…
The Church still stands: Remembering the promise of Easter Sunday after the Notre Dame Cathedral fire
By Robert Gillis Published in the Foxboro Reporter and Boston City Paper, 4/2019 Jesus answered them, “Destroy this temple, and…
Twenty-Five takeaways from Sunday’s Patriots Super Bowl sendoff rally, Sunday January 28, 2019
By Robert Gillis Published in the Foxboro Reporter 1/2019 and the Boston City Paper 2/2019 1. I am SO glad…
Dinner with Mom brings back Memories of Christmas Past
by Robert Gillis Published In The Foxboro Reporter 12/2018 This past Friday at my weekly visit to Mom, over two…
Washington 2018: Have you no sense of decency?
By Robert Gillis Published in the Foxboro Reporter and The Boston City Paper, 10/2018 “Until this moment, Senator, I think…
My 3:00 A.M. Facebook Reboot Get a grip folks. It’s only Facebook)
by Robert Gillis Published in the Foxboro Reporter and Boston City Paper, 9/2018 Social media, particularly Facebook, has been in…