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.
As I am buffeted by the firehouse of news of the wounds against humanity and our planet, I still try to find healing stories of truth, beauty, goodness, and justice.
Jeromie supports the Green New Deal, Medicare for All, a woman’s right to choose, the abolition of ICE, and other issues that align him with the politics of the residents western Massachusetts. He is young and energetic, smart and articulate.
Terms like “detention center” are not neutral—they are bureaucratic euphemisms that soften harsh realities. Journalists routinely reject government-preferred language when accuracy demands it. This is such a moment.
People might hesitate to run because they feel unqualified, worry about the time commitment, or fear losing. I’d argue those concerns shouldn’t stop anyone.
It’s hard to describe what the current moment feels like for people in the Twin Cities. The scale of the economic impact and the psychological terror falls somewhere between 9/11 and COVID.
