"American politics is a rubber band. Pull it too far to the left and it snaps back," my political science professor once told me. "Pull it too far to the right and it snaps back.”
If the timber industry can pull off this swindle on a historically recognized piece of public land, the precedent will be set for its ability to target public land anywhere.
The unchecked expansion of recreational cannabis legalization in southern Berkshire County has had a far-reaching and destructive impact on the region's multi-generational communities.
But it is time for the 75 percent of us with average-to-above-average intelligence to have a conversation, because it is going to be up to us to rescue America from the jaws of a looming theocratic dictatorship.
Proponents argue that teachers shouldn’t have to “teach to the test.” If they are covering the scope and rigor of the state’s education standards well, they shouldn’t need to. Classroom instruction should address as many of the standards as possible.
There is a threat to democracy right now, but it is not posed by Donald Trump. It is the left's relentless campaign to shut down all dissenting opinion by calling it misinformation or disinformation or hate speech.
From a purchaser’s perspective, HWW’s sales presentation was ill considered. Let’s not discuss price, the potential buyers were told. Consider HWW not as it has been for decades but what it can be if wholly remade.
Trump is a Trojan Horse for racists, homophobes, xenophobes, misogynists, and antisemites. He is a pay-to-play candidate so empty on the inside that he has plenty of room to carry their water.
Ballot Question 6 is a community question and commitment. It asks all property owners, who are not exempt, to add a bit more to their property tax bill to raise funds to benefit our town and its future.
Let the following tremble at the power of your vote. Let them admit to the falsehoods they have helped spread. Let their recanting of the lies help begin our nation’s healing.
In my 47 years of owning and managing two restaurants in Great Barrington, 20 Railroad Street and the Barrington Brewery, I have never had to supplement a tipped employee’s wage. The fact is, they are consistently the highest hourly wage earners in my business, and they like it that way.
