Viewpoints

"…Imagine having a campaign rally at the National Cemetery. Or a cocktail fundraiser amid the grave markers of U.S. soldiers in Normandy…"

In his letter to the editor, State Rep. William 'Smitty' Pignatelli writes: "Because our parents taught us that public service is part of the responsibility of citizenship, my siblings and I followed their example all the way to the White House.

For me it's not a protest against the legitimacy of the election but against a compulsive liar of a president who feels morally odious.

In 2016, the Regional Agreement Amendment Committee was formed with citizens from our three towns to once again review and update the Regional Agreement of the Berkshire Hills Regional School District. They met for more than a year.

Event organizers made a goal to bring in 100 sister marchers at the Colonial Theatre in Pittsfield, Mass. The event website got 450 RSVPs and expectations rose to 600 and, nearing the end, the clicker count had stretched to at least 1,500.

Cautionary ORANGE ALERT bulletin.

We are going to need the time and space to imagine the world we want to see.

One thing is clear. Our humble Internet publication has attracted trolls and propagandists from afar, who seriously want to turn us on to their twisted worldview.

In his letter to the editor, Great Barrington Selectboard member Bill Cooke writes: “Many people choose to live here for that certain ‘small town’ quality of life. The problem is, that small town lifestyle is evaporating, as our local population is being priced out.”

Copy and cut out this pussy cat hat and wear it, post it, display it in a window, on your car, on Facebook.

In Berkshire County, we have a free indoor sister event in solidarity with the Women's March on Washington at the Colonial Theatre on Saturday from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. The event was organized by a local steering committee that includes Kristen van Ginhoven of Lenox-based WAM Theatre, which focuses on work by female theater artists and stories for women and girls, and volunteers Jayne Benjulian, Lynn Festa and Mary Lincoln.

In his letter to the editor Chip Elitzer writes: "By changing the method of apportionment from a pupil headcount basis to an assessed property value basis, this act would improve the finances of every regional school district, especially BHRSD's."

President-elect Donald J. Trump has described NATO as “obsolete," but then noted the alliance “is very important to me."

On Martin Luther King holiday, in yet another tweet, the president-elect devalues civil rights leader U.S. Rep. John Lewis of Georgia.

In her letter to the editor, Ruth Heuberger writes: "Imagine the sounds of music that might fill the vacant and sturdy old school in the center of Housatonic if it were bought by one of the many prominent musicians who have made their name, good fortune, and even their temporary or permanent home here."

No matter one’s capacity for imagination in waking life, in dreams, there is a democracy of imagination-- some more, some less, but all of us busy through the night and sleep making up dreams.