What we lack is a clear, practical answer to the question every concerned citizen is quietly asking: What can one ordinary person actually do to make a difference?
Trump was elected because people relied on the promises he made, but curbing inflation; lowering the high costs of food, gas, and electricity; improving access to healthcare; and restoring affordability have basically been ignored.
Even if they won't be receiving a reduction, primary residents of means would still benefit from a system that levies higher taxes on second-home owners but not on them.
When someone has held power for nearly half a century, it can become easy to confuse longevity with legitimacy, or position with immunity. But tenure is not a substitute for trust.
Although Lou’s Section 9 chair will be occupied by others in coming seasons, for us who loved him, we will always remember it as the seat of the “Mayor of Tanglewood.”
When children spend their formative years staring at glass screens instead of human faces, they miss out on the critical development of mirror neurons, which are responsible for empathy.
A fair and equitable path forward is the thoughtful expansion of public utilities—town sewer, town water, and publicly available gas or district energy—within and adjacent to our existing village centers.
As we approach the 250th anniversary of our constitutional republic, we would be wise to contemplate the freedoms we declare we are entitled to, such as the freedom of speech and the right to protest.
