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By JON HUER

The season of love and giving makes me think about “The Mother Teresa Dilemma.” In an age of unbridled hedonism and self-interest, Mother Teresa was a rare person of devotion to her faith and humanity and the world admires and praises her.But,...

By SHEL HOROWITZ

Remember when the previous administration tore babies and children from their families’ arms and locked them in little cages? Bad news: Republicans in Congress and far-right activists, including that former president, are heating up even worse...

By TOLLEY M. JONES

My grandmother Esther died on Nov. 17 at the age of 95. Grandma had five children: Charles, Patricia, Michael, David, and Valerie. Tragically, she buried four of her five children as adults — one of whom was murdered, along with that adult child’s...

By ROB MOIR

Boston suffered more than 20 inches of rain during the summer of 2022, setting a record that was only broken when two hurricanes brought 25 inches of rain in 1955. An estimated 1.5 billion gallons of water sluiced off the land, overwhelmed sewage...

By DAVID GILBERT KEITH

I was impressed by the veterans from the Rolling Thunder motorcycle club in their remembrance of Pearl Harbor [“Ceremony draws parallels to today’s conflicts,” Recorder, Dec. 8]. We need to “remember the history … that ensured our freedom and liberty...

By DON SIMMS

I wrote a piece in March 2022 about Ukraine’s YMCAs and wanted to provide an update as the war is raging and continues to be out of control.The first Ukrainian YMCA started in 1993 in a small town and the movement grew. It is now located in 24 cities...

By DANIEL A. BROWN

The most disconcerting aspect for me of the never-ending Israeli-Palestinian dogfight is the sheer ignorance about Israel being espoused by usually educated progressives in the Valley and elsewhere. Instead of learning the long, complex and nuanced...

By PHYLLIS KEENAN

The promise of Massachusetts’ community colleges is high quality, affordable education that’s accessible to everyone. At Greenfield Community College, where I’m a professor, our goal is to ensure there’s opportunity available for all residents,...

Nearly 40 years ago, I entered a college classroom as the instructor for the first time. I was a 23-year-old graduate teaching assistant, charged with my very own section of English composition. Twenty-five students silently inspected me as I placed...

By PEG HALL

In the recent article covering Greening Greenfield’s community conversation about proposed recycling changes because of a $2 million EPA grant, while we appreciate the front page coverage, some important facts were skipped that we feel residents need...

We are midway through the month of December and I have started a new list. The current record for the number of birds observed in my yard in the month of Dec. is 31 species and that record was set just last year. On my first day of observations I...

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.”...