Viewpoints

I am heartened by Labor’s victory in London and England—a sign that social democracy is ready to return to power in Great Britain.

These interesting, dynamic, engaged young humans have no say in the matter where they live and what their citizenship status is.

"Forgetfulness leads to exile. Remembrance is the secret of redemption." — Baal Shem Tov

I spent much of the 80s and early 90s in Boston, when homelessness started to take off, but it was absent in the Berkshires upon my many returns. Then around the turn of the century, the unhoused population appeared at Park Square in Pittsfield and drive islands of shopping-mall entrances.

If there is going to be any serious debate at Town Meeting, it is likely to occur in connection with consideration of Article 13. This article requests the town approve an expenditure of $150,000 for the planning-and-design phase for improvements to the ramshackle Ramsdell Library.

Let’s talk turkey. Donald Trump is running for the presidency, again, for one reason only: to avoid judgement and consequences for his outrageous behavior.

While Great Barrington’s two libraries are linked and are two locations for one library system, there are unique spaces within the Ramsdell library which do not duplicate spaces within the Mason Library and offer opportunities for unique programming for the families and adults in the town.

If you have read anything on social media describing the proposed settlement between the DPU and HWW from any source other than the actual intervenors in the case, it is likely inaccurate.

My past experience working in rural hospitals across the country has shown me a lot of different healthcare environments, and I have been impressed to see the extent of sophisticated treatments and services available to patients in this region who use the front door of Fairview Hospital to tap into the broader Berkshire Health Systems network.

People do not always behave rationally. Psychologists know this. Economists finally discovered this. And many do not understand it.

There must be a reason anyone would consider voting for someone who would champion a form of government that suppresses and impoverishes that voter.

To address our housing crisis, we need lots of dollars and some sense. Addressing the misuse of Census data in our housing acts will not raise taxes, but it might raise some roofs.

Mr. White would have us believe that until he started his service on the Select Board in 2020, neither his predecessors in office or members of the Finance Committee were concerned about real estate taxation.

A bully appeased is a bully empowered, and a bully empowered will soon be eating your lunch, too.

The Stockbridge Finance Committee is composed of fine, community-oriented citizens who volunteer their time and their accumulated years of financial-management skill to ensure that our community is and will remain financially viable for decades to come.

To allow three people who are not residents of West Stockbridge to speak freely while not allowing a business owner and taxpaying resident of the town to do so is wrong.