Editorials

Editorial: IRS answers

Thursday, May 23, 2013

Opening salvos were fired by senators on both sides of the aisle Tuesday in the hearing over the Internal Revenue Service. That Republicans and Democrats are both unhappy with the IRS and its treatment of groups with tea party or conservative affiliation when it came to their applications for tax-exempt status is probably a good thing. Nor is anyone expressing … 0

Editorial: Better recipe

Wednesday, May 22, 2013

What’s cooking with the Greenfield High School project has the potential to leave a bad taste in the community’s mouth. The building committee is wrestling with what to do with food service operations when the kitchen at the existing high school has to shut down during construction. An alternative space for preparing breakfast and lunch — roughly half of what’s needed on a … 0

Editorial: Moore heartache

Tuesday, May 21, 2013

All too soon, the nation must confront another tragedy. This time it involves what has been described as a monster tornado — with winds of at least 200 mph — that leveled a significant part of Moore, Okla., including a couple of schools and a hospital. Looking at aerial photographs of the area, … 0

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Editorial: Budgets in

Monday, May 20, 2013

With the addition of the state Senate’s plan, this year’s menu for Massachusetts spending is complete. However, now comes the time for the parties involved — the House, the Senate and the governor — to “pick one from column A and two from column B” and decide on … 0

Editorial: Bald eagles

Sunday, May 19, 2013

Brief thoughts on some of the events making news from around Franklin County and the North Quabbin area: Dateline the region: We think it’s pretty amazing that a statewide bald eagle nesting survey shows there are 30 active nests in Massachusetts — including eight along the Connecticut River … 0

Editorial: Overreach

Friday, May 17, 2013

The United States Justice Department’s targeting of the Associated Press can only be described as a bow to those who subscribe to the philosophy that the means justify the ends. In the Justice Department’s view, the “ends” would be finding out who is responsible for certain leaks of … 0

Editorial: They’re on the way

Friday, May 17, 2013

We know there are more than a few Americans, no doubt even some living in Franklin County, that think these times we live in are, well, apocalyptic. Famines, earthquakes, plagues — we’re writing about the Seven Signs here — and then there were those insect invasions. If you’ve … 0

Editorial: Mahar meeting

Wednesday, May 15, 2013

If there’s good news coming from this week’s meeting of the Mahar Regional School Committee, it’s that the parties involved in the controversy over a popular teacher’s disputed suspension are now trying to find a mutually acceptable resolution. Even as agreement is reached, however, one that essentially allows … 0

Editorial: IRS troubles

Tuesday, May 14, 2013

The Internal Revenue Service has long been one of the federal agencies that Americans love to hate. While playing its role as the chief collector of federal taxes, it has created the image of an organization of faceless … 0

Editorial: Engines that could

Monday, May 13, 2013

As Greenfield patiently awaits what everyone hopes is the dawn of a new era in passenger train service — with Amtrak service scheduled for sometime next year and Metro North service planned to cover the New Haven-Springfield section — a new type of engine that will help Amtrak … 0

Free speech!

Sunday, May 12, 2013

Brief thoughts on some of the events making news from around Franklin County and the North Quabbin area: Dateline Orange: We’re disturbed to read that some Mahar officials may be infringing on students’ rights to free expression. According to suspended Mahar teacher Michael Magee and others, students have … 0

Editorial: Distracted driving

Friday, May 10, 2013

Again and again, scores of times a year, drivers who are distracted by a variety of causes are killed, injured or hurt others on the nation’s highways. Lately, texting or talking on cell phones have been in the news, but drivers who are eating, doing their hair, talking … 0

Editorial: Sandford wins. Why?

Thursday, May 9, 2013

A few weeks ago, Mark Sanford, the supposedly disgraced former governor, remarked to a reporter, “South Carolina is the land of strange politics.” He was right on the mark. Sanford just won election in a special election for a vacant seat in the US House of Representatives. Driven … 3

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