Orange Alert, an occasional (perhaps daily, perhaps more than daily, as necessary to keep up) feature, translating the president elect’s pronouncements. Today: Trump's response to Russian hacking, interference with U.S. election.
Have we developed systems that protect lies? Have we confused unfiltered with accurate? Has truth become the victim of policy? If truth is holy, then who is protecting it and how?
Orange Alert, an occasional (perhaps daily, perhaps more than daily) feature, translating the president elect's prevarications into their evident meaning and intent. Today's outrage: The nuclear option.
It is during the darkest season, usually quite close to the winter solstice, that the Jewish people rededicate themselves to increasing light in our world.
In his letter to the editor, state Rep. William ‘Smitty’ Pignatelli writes: “When the Boston Red Sox heard that 1,700 Berkshire kids needed Christmas presents, they put David Price, their star pitcher, on the job.”
In his letter to the editor Stewart Eedelstein writes: “For three decades, Polly's extensive knowledge of the town and its people was a valuable resource for authors, historians, and inquisitive citizens.”
If this feels distressing and repugnant, remember that for decades the U.S. surreptitiously meddled in regime support and change in sovereign nations around the world.
In his letter to the editor, Gary Pitney writes: “This plan is akin to a Corporate Merger where the once viable whole community will become a small part of a much larger conglomerate.”
In his letter to the editor, John Hockridge writes: “Berkshire County Education Task Force remains neutral and takes no stand on school building projects, school consolidation efforts, and regionalization efforts at the school district level.”
In their letter to the editor, Wray and Cora Gunn write: “It is an important piece of architecture, but it is so much more. It has been the political and spiritual home of Great Barrington's Black community for over 130 years.”
