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JOHN BREASTED: The Great Barrington Selectboard’s credibility gap

Transparency does not require officials to reveal legal strategy. It does require them to tell voters when the town has been sued.

ORANGE ALERT: The (almost) daily outrage

“Mr. President, your tweet was beneath the office and represents what is wrong with American politics, not the greatness of America.” -- Sen. Lindsey O. Graham (R-S.C.)

Praise for Morven Allen

In his letter to the editor Mickey Friedman writes: “Those of us lucky enough to know him know how extraordinarily generous he is.”

The viable alternative to fossil fuels is using less energy

In her letter to the editor, Virginia Irvine of Windwise Massachusetts writes: "Encouraging the replacement of old energy-hog refrigerators for one-half of the households in Massachusetts could generate a substantial savings in electricity use."

EdgeCast Video: MassDem Convention — the face of resistance

Democratic delegates adopted the most progressive platform in the history of the Commonwealth.

EDITORIAL: Time for neighbors to rethink opposition to Great Barrington airport improvement

As proposed, the airport's plans are entirely reasonable, given its need to remain viable and its history of good citizenship.

SOUL SUPPORT: The search for a resourceful state

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CONNECTIONS: Gilded Age pomp and ceremony

The hosts and hostesses of Gilded Age were undoubtedly our first celebrities and, just as our current celebrities, they set the style in art, architecture, interior design, clothing and feasting.

Staying indie in the era of WholeAzon

By acquiring Whole Foods, Jeff Bezos has now made almost every conceivable errand outside of the house obsolete.

SOUL SUPPORT: Resisting. Acceptance. Starring Bob Gray

When I resist my feelings and think they should be other than they are, I stifle my creativity.

ORANGE ALERT: The (almost)daily outrage

The move by special counsel Robert S. Mueller III to investigate Trump’s conduct marks a major turning point in the nearly year-old FBI investigation. -- Washington Post

General Electric’s PCB dumping is ‘unconscionable’

In her letter to the editor, Elizabeth Inglis writes: “Depositing PCBs onto land that is now free of toxins in a community setting is unconscionable.”

An accurate, thorough account of EPA hearing

In his letter to the editor, Benno Friedman writes: “In a fair and accurate fashion, the article did not shy away from describing a complex and complicated set of issues and arguments.”

Soul Support: Map Of The Territory

Life is made up of many parts…easy parts, confusing parts, obstacles, opportunities.

Anger at School Committee not a good reason to reject SBRSD budget again

All a rejected budget will do is cause more chaos and quite possible prompt the state Department of Elementary and Secondary Education to intervene.

Great Barrington airport expansion benefits only a select few

In his letter to the editor, James Weber writes: “The Great Barrington airport is insular, unapproachable and unaffordable by the vast majority of residents of the Berkshires.”

CONNECTIONS: Our pugilistic politics

Are we a country irreconcilably divided? Rather than one issue, we seem unable to discourse rationally about climate change, immigration, health care, taxes, Russian espionage, or the man in the White House.