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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.

Digby: Out out, brief candle!

"Out, out, brief candle! Life's but a walking shadow, a poor player That struts and frets his hour upon the stage And then is heard no more. -- Macbeth

KALCHEIM: Shameful lessons from Dresden 

During World War II in the European theatre, surely the Allied air forces of Britain and America would not have been so barbaric, and imprudent, as the Germans, so as to target civilian populations, all on the bogus precept of weakening enemy morale. Or would they?

Lulu ‘n’ Hershey

An inquiry from Stockbridge triggers a panic of disbelief and a call for stern measures.

Lulu ‘n’ Hershey

Got a problem? Dr. Hershey, the angelic psychiatrist, has the answer: Too much television.

Lulu ‘n’ Hershey

So far, Doktor Hershey has one diagnosis for the mental anguish of those who seek his counsel: Too much television.

The dawning of the Berkshire Hills ‘District Spring’?

In his letter to the editor, Housatonic resident Dave Long writes: "It is absolutely imperative that the School Committee demonstrate tangible progress in securing the health and well being of the district before town meeting season. While the process continues to open up, the Committee needs to formally establish the path to reform."

Lulu ‘n’ Hershey

Hershey exercises his newly discovered expertise in psychology.

Lulu ‘n’ Hershey

The 'Car Guys' of the mind? Hershey reveals he has an unexpected expertise: Psychiatry, with a degree from a prestigious European institution. And he's generously offering to help readers with any problems (psychological ones, presumably) they may have.

Digby: Berkshire Hills budget subcommittee last week — and this

Digby comments on the "political" behavior behind the budgeting process at Berkshire Hills Regional School District when it proposed cutting programs from next year's school budget. "Political" means one thing one week, another thing the next.

A modest proposal for funding Berkshire Hills public schools

In his letter to the editor and to the Berkshire Hills Regional School Committee, Chip Elitzer writes: "Let's also remember what public education is about. Do we tell a family with ten school-age children living in a modest home that they must pay higher taxes than a childless couple living on a grand estate? Of course not."

KALCHEIM: The unlikely religious radicals

I challenge anybody to find a single church in Berkshire County that still uses the old King James Version of r he Bible.

Lulu ‘n’ Hershey

After reviewing GOP presidential hopefuls, Lulu 'n' Hershey realize that the hilarity has only begun at DNN (Dogs News Network). The election season is still ahead.

Lulu ‘n’ Hershey

There must be a serious candidate among the GOP hopefuls for the White House; Lulu and Hershey hasn't found him(her) yet.

Lulu ‘n’ Hershey

The DNN (Dogs News Network) Comedy Hour continues, as those intrepid reporters, Lulu and Hershey, consider the potential presidential candidacy of Scott Walker, governor of Wisconsin.

Lulu ‘n’ Hershey

Irresistible mirth as the Two Dog hosts of DNN (Dogs News Network) continue reviewing potential GOP candidates: today it's Chris Christie.... let the good times roll.

Lulu ‘n’ Hershey

At the Dogs News Network (DNN), Lulu and Hershey begin profiling a potential GOP candidates for president. Jeb Bush is up first.