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By SUSIE MOSHER

The article “Bill seeks to give terminally ill options” published in the Gazette on Oct. 23 gave a slanted report on the public hearing held at the State House on Oct. 20. From reading the article one would be led to believe opponents of the Medical...

By JOHN BOS

The ongoing denial campaign to undermine public trust in climate science has been described as a denial machine organized by industrial, political and ideological interests. This machine is supported by conservative and skeptical media to manufacture...

By ALLEN WOODS

In the midst of a holiday season, when giving thanks and giving gifts focus our thoughts, how do we walk upright, maintaining a semblance of balance, through a decidedly broken world? It’s been a question for me ever since my personal world was broken...

By RANDY KEHLER

During the 40-plus years when our family lived in rural Colrain, we never heard the sound of gas-powered leaf blowers. Now that we live in a more tightly packed neighborhood in Shelburne Falls, these super-loud devices are on our minds — and blasting...

By PETER ROSNICK

In retirement, I bicycle almost every day, 22 miles over the hills of Conway and Ashfield. I do so alone, partly because I am slow (real bicyclists pass me by so quickly that I appear to be going backward) and partly because I enjoy the...

By WID PERRY

My father was a journalist, political reporter and columnist. His columns on this page covered all aspects of the political spectrum, praising and questioning politicians from both parties, taking both sides on any debate, and rarely stating his own...

By JOANNA BUONICONTI

As everyone knows, the Christmas season can be perpetually chaotic and stressful. Between shopping, get-togethers with family and friends, cooking, baking and putting up decorations, it’s a holiday that brings out the perfectionists in all of us....

By RHONDA WAINSHILBAUM

This is a scary time to be Jewish. Our world turned upside down on Oct. 7. Innocent Israelis were brutally murdered while their Hamas assassins happily filmed the torture of children in front of their parents and parents in front of their children.We...

By AL NORMAN

The new speaker of the U.S. House, Rep. Mike Johnson of Louisiana, found something to say in his first speech that upset millions of Americans concerned about the future of Social Security, Medicare and Medicaid — the so-called budget “entitlements.”...

By BISHOP WILLIAM D. BYRNE and MEMBERS of CATHOLICS FOR INCLUSION

In 2021, Pope Francis instituted a call to every Catholic congregation, and beyond, to take part in a worldwide synod, an invitation to even non-Catholics who wished to participate, to listen to people and ask how the Holy Spirit was moving them, and...

By DICK EVANS

Today, Dec. 5, 2023, is the 90th anniversary of a remarkable — and rarely remarked upon — episode in American history, having enormous consequences in law, in commerce, in families and in culture. More remarkable was its path, perhaps the best-kept...

By ALI WICKS-LIM

Many are celebrating the new MassReconnect program, which extends free community college tuition to adults over 25 years of age, but not enough are aware that educators at all 15 Massachusetts community colleges, now working harder to meet the needs...

By GENE STAMELL

My teaching career has spanned well over four decades. I recall staining and ruining many perfectly good shirts and sweaters while hand-cranking copies of math papers on ditto machines. Yes, back then, teaching sometimes resulted in strong biceps and...

By BILL NEWMAN

In November, the United States Supreme Court adopted a Code of Conduct. It’s a list of suggested, not required, ethical dos and don’ts for the Justices.The justices issued this document because they want the klieg lights that the news media has been...

By DANIEL CANTOR YALOWITZ

It’s no easy feat to create and sustain safety in our contemporary and crazy world. Governments and communities worldwide have tried and failed to do so. People everywhere are feeling increasingly unsafe, scared, and scarred by both the threats and...

By RUTH CHARNEY

Picture an intersection in East Springfield. Never mind the East Springfield part, any intersection will do. Picture a small, older woman behind the wheel of a modest sedan. You don’t know this, but she is driving to her son’s apartment. She doesn’t...

By JON HUER

It was legendary how those who wanted Donald Trump’s attention had to use, as one report said, “Compelling visual material. Big fonts. With photos and graphics. In color.” Although this Trump anecdote is somewhat amusing, we all love big fonts and...

By H. PATRICIA HYNES

Civilization has been described as “the slow process of learning to be kind.” This past summer and early fall, while I stood with peace and justice companions on the Greenfield Common, I witnessed a pervasive culture of kindness.Karen Boyden, with the...

By LARRY HOTT

It was February 2001. I was at my desk in our film studio reviewing every grant proposal I had written for our film “Imagining Robert: My Brother, Madness and Survival,” which was based on the book by Jay Neugenboren.I met Jay four years earlier while...

By MUSBAH SHAHEEN

‘I feel scared being a Jew,” said my friend as we debriefed the war in the Middle East. As a Muslim who was raised in Syria and was fed from a very young age political anti-Israeli and antisemitic propaganda, I often refrained from commenting on the...