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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.

Lulu ‘n’ Hershey

Down at the Cafe Perspectivo, a conundrum: If, thanks to Hershey's time machine, they already know that Chelsea Clinton won the 2024 election for president, why campaign for her now?

EDGEWISE: Earth Day tribute to three earth activists

Joanna Macy calls our time “The Great Turning,” a critical transition time in human history on the planet, during which we will either learn to live harmoniously and sustainably as stewards of the Earth, or we will be swept away into the maelstrom of the Sixth Great Extinction, caused by our own carelessness and ineptitude.

Lulu ‘n’ Hershey

The Chelsea Clinton for President campaign is running wild at the Cafe Perspectivo, even if it is based on a time-traveling poodle who foresees her candidacy in 2024.

Lulu ‘n’ Hershey

We've had a father and son POTUS combo, but a mother, then daughter? That's what Hershey predicts, that time-traveling poodle.

Connections: Does a ‘warrior mindset’ infect police ranks?

Whom the police protect -- and from whom -- is never as simple as the victims from the criminals. The police role has often been dictated by politics, the economy, and the media. The police are always the guardians of someone; the question is who and who decides.

Lulu ‘n’ Hershey

Down at the Cafe Perspectivo, Lulu and Hershey banter about politics -- and the inevitability of Chelsea Clinton becoming president of the United States.

Lulu ‘n’ Hershey

Guess who's to become president of the United States in 2024? Lulu and Hershey know, thanks to their time machine.

KALCHEIM: Why I like Rand Paul

Paul also has a good deal to say about the disturbing militarization of police and understands that the real problem with the so-called “War on Drugs” is that it disproportionately throws black people into prison while allowing the white and affluent to get high without any fear of the law.

Lulu ‘n’ Hershey

A few more years into the future, Lulu and Hershey discovered another Clinton being inaugurated as president.

BOB GRAY: Distressing news coverage of a local tragedy

A fine young gentleman from Housatonic, Garrett Norton, 21, died tragically in an automobile accident. Worse still is the coverage of the accident by the local newspaper. Most difficult for me, and I hope for all of you, are the gratuitous pictures published under the guise of being part of a news story.

Lulu ‘n’ Hershey

Marco Rubio, Jeb Bush, Rand Paul, and Ted Cruz take note: Lulu and Hershey have seen the future.

KALCHEIM: Misplaced fervor over religious freedom law

The Old Left, had at least the right priorities: they fought against injustice and often won important reforms, many of which become, with the passage of time, accepted by people of all political stripes.

Lulu ‘n’ Hershey

Our intrepid poodles, Lulu and Hershey, take their time machine out for a spin -- going back in time and to Paris.

Lulu ‘n’ Hershey

What was Hershey building in his workshop? A time machine, of course. He must fashion himself to be the canine equivalent of Dr. Who. And who knows where he'll travel!

Lulu ‘n’ Hershey

Hershey, Lulu's angel guardian, mentor and sometime business partner, has sequestered himself in his work shed. Whatever he's making, it must be out of this world.

Lulu ‘n’ Hershey

From toy piano to baby grand, how that Lulu has progressed -- in just five days. What could she be up to next?