When is Rep. Richard Neal going to come to Pittsfield and report to his constituents about his plans to make our lives better? On so many issues, he is so quiet.
Many residents, students, businesses, and even institutions in our town remain unaware that this statewide celebration starts in Great Barrington. That feels like a missed opportunity for pride, education, and connection.
We should embrace the truth and document facts, as this is a prerequisite to making meaningful reforms. However, simply asserting one’s individual point of view as if it is a reflection of the majority further divides the country and undermines the public trust.
Taken together, the mainstream consensus for 2026 is a “slow‑growth, cooling‑but‑not‑cold” economy: moderate real GDP growth, inflation near the mid‑twos, and unemployment rising only modestly.
With Trump's overall approval rating under 40 percent, the final straw that should cause Republicans in Congress to put country ahead of politics is Trump apparently abandoning our allies by ceding the Far East to China and Europe to Russia while claiming South America for himself.
Are Americans so blinded that we refuse to believe what has been before our eyes and ears for four years, or do we simply ignore proven facts because we believe in something or someone and don't want to be bothered by reality?
Congresspeople are standing up for wind energy, for closing inhumane detention facilities, for busting monopolies in farming, and for keeping border patrol agents at the borders and out of our cities!
The first time I saw Windermere, it was painted black, had purple shutters, and was sagging in places. I welcomed it as the worst house on the best street, and a house worth saving.
The fact is that these hard-working postal workers deliver 112 billion pieces of mail annually to 320 million people at 168 million addresses six days a week, 52 weeks a year.
My support is based on lived experience, professional values, and direct engagement—not slogans. That is why I support State Rep. Leigh Davis and Gov. Maura Healey for reelection.
If our system allows one person to intimidate Congress, evade accountability, undermine elections, and normalize cruelty and dishonesty, then the system itself requires repair.
