Viewpoints

In a letter to the editor, Uli Nagel writes: “At least 75 percent of the cost of insulation you need for your home will be paid for by the utilities.”

In his letter to the editor, Wayne Kabak writes: “I think we are long the past the point where society should have even the smallest grain of tolerance for items such as these.”

Almost everyone I know already brings a reusable water bottle to school (many in bright colors or covered in fun stickers), and I don’t foresee the ban changing our day-to-day life in any way. In fact, I don’t see this being a major detriment in any way to most citizens of Great Barrington.

In her letter to the editor, Laura Keefner writes: “I am all for recycling but this is not the right way.”

In a letter to the editor, Andy Moro writes, "The Mason Library's lawn is not the place to honor a communist."

In his letter to the editor, Patrick Hollenbeck writes: “My concern is that both of these demanding leadership positions require tremendous time and energy and are deserving of undivided attention.” 

In his letter to the editor, Steve Farina writes:  "The District Attorney’s office needs the fresh leadership, energized leadership, found in someone who embraces the Criminal Justice Reform that the people of Massachusetts, and particularly, the people of Berkshire County both want and deserve."

In his letter Alan Wilken writes: “Now that I am retired, I want to serve and give something back to the town I have grown to love.”

Critical reviews of “A Higher Loyalty” are easy to find. Instead, I’m going to offer some excerpts many critics have neglected—reminiscences that reveal why James Comey has become the man he is, providing perspective about why he responded the way he did to the Clinton email investigation and the improper demands of Donald Trump.

In her letter to the editor,Lucinda Shmulsky writes: "'Proceed with caution' has been the mantra."

"Then God sent a hunter. A hunter is someone who comes with a gun and he forces you. Hitler was a hunter." -- Evangelist John Hagee, a guest of honor at the dedication of the American embassy in Jerusalem

Trump became the second man to call Roy Cohn his mentor. The first was Joseph McCarthy. Cohn was disbarred for unethical conduct in 1986. He died of AIDS in 1987.

In his letter to the editor, Barney Edmunds writes: “Our town (indeed, every Berkshire town) is facing an economic challenge. Tourism is an important seasonal contributor, but our future depends on expanding year-round businesses.”

In a letter to the editor, Rene Wood writes, "It is a privilege to participate in this most basic form of democracy."

America doesn’t have a national dance. Perhaps it should be the limbo.

In his letter to the editor Patrick Hollenbeck writes: “Holly has the courage to stand behind tough decisions and has the wisdom to evolve her position if the facts warrant that.”