Although Chief Justice John Roberts displayed an underwhelmingly passive style when presiding over the Senate impeachment proceedings last January, the last two weeks have seen him assert his powers in unexpected ways.
Tag: D.C.
Black Lives Matter rally denounces persistent racism in America
“There is racism in our system of justice and this is the moment to do something about it.”
— Berkshire state Sen. Adam Hinds
Renew, Build, Restore: Celebrating MLK’s life
The sermon by Rev. Sloan Letman IV of the Congregational Church built on the theme of the service. Sloan wove modern motifs, politics and current events into the complex fabric of the struggle for human rights and justice.
A conversation with Lonnie Bunch, now head of the Smithsonian Institution
He plans to deal with the issues of slavery and racism head-on, yet in a creative and, for whites, comfortable manner.
Hostile Takeover at the EPA
Anti-democratic governments, which thrive on obfuscating truth, seek to delegitimize and suppress scientists and other authoritative voices that offer accurate information that can be used to hold the government to account… So people who live near facilities that emit carcinogens or other hazardous pollutants are likely to be breathing more of them than before.
EPA initiates second round of mediation on Housatonic River cleanup
Berkshire County residents have been vehemently and consistently opposed to dumping PCB waste in any of the three locations that GE has proposed – Woods Pond, Rising Pond, and Lenox Dale. EPA’s final permit required GE to transport all PCB waste off-site to a licensed PCB disposal facility.
West Stockbridge couple produce children’s podcast encouraging imagination rather than ‘screen time’
What they have stumbled upon, as new parents themselves, is “a great alternative to screen time,” according to Sheir. One that, in short, lets the kids imagine the dragon.
Lessons from the Women’s March in Washington
On Inauguration Day, I headed for Washington, D.C., my hometown, with three other Berkshire women… our hostess — who is the wife of a long-time career foreign-service officer — offered “Democracy is not a spectator sport.”
Public service runs in the family
In his letter to the editor, State Rep. William ‘Smitty’ Pignatelli writes: “Because our parents taught us that public service is part of the responsibility of citizenship, my siblings and I followed their example all the way to the White House.
LEONARD QUART: What do we do tomorrow?
For me it’s not a protest against the legitimacy of the election but against a compulsive liar of a president who feels morally odious.
The people vs. FERC: Where is the oversight of gas pipeline risks?
“Trump doesn’t like to lose. If he doesn’t make renewables a priority, he will lose to the countries that are working to be clean energy leaders.”
— Maya van Rossum, head of Delaware Riverkeeper Network
The Self-Taught Gardener: Preparing for the next term
Cool season weeds are the bane of a gardener’s existence and, if left in place, easily wreak havoc in the garden. I liken them to John Podesta or Governor Chris Christie.
Michael C. Stephen, 75, of Stockbridge, diplomat and banker
Locally, he was a member of the Stockbridge Rotary Club and was a volunteer at the Norman Rockwell Museum and The Stockbridge Library.
William ‘Bill’ Sloan Mayo, 76, of Stockbridge, retired Lt. Col. U.S. Air Force
Bill was involved in his community as a volunteer at Hospice of Northern Virginia as a care giver. He volunteered at St. Ann’s Infant Home in Washington, D.C., caring for children with special needs and those he said “needed love.”