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I WITNESS: The return of Captain Wrecking Ball

Although Trump’s modus operandi is to never, ever tell the truth, the threats he made over the past few months and during his campaign were real.

BOOK REVIEW: ‘The Great Successor’ reveals the real North Korea

There are, not surprisingly, two North Koreas. One for the most loyal followers of Kim, and another for the people.

POEM: A Dog’s Life

A dash of doggerel about dystopia, dictators,  and an Airedale.

Our border crisis

If Honduras, El Salvador, Guatemala, Nicaragua are now countries to flee, shouldn’t we know that we helped to make that happen?

ORANGE ALERT: The (almost) daily outrage

The president of the United States is effectively scolding our intelligence services for doing their jobs.

REVIEW: ‘The Threat’ offers a nuanced look at the always-complex challenges of trying to enforce law and order

Andrew McCabe has spent his life on the front lines and appreciates the stakes in a way most of us can’t. His passion is matched by his sense of urgency. It says something when some of the toughest folks in the land—FBI officials, former CIA officials—are frightened.

REVIEW: ‘The Plot to Hack America,’ the untold war on American soil

We are used to the images of war: bombs and bullets and blood. But Nance knows what many Americans are unwilling to recognize: We are at war and this war is being fought on our land.

Veterans protest statue to memorialize ‘communist’ W.E.B. Du Bois

Last month, the board of trustees of the town's libraries endorsed the idea of putting a statue of the scholar, civil rights leader and Great Barrington native in front of the Mason Library on Main Street in the center of town. The project can only move forward if sufficient funds are raised and the Historic District Commission and the selectboard approve.

Two POTUS poems: Face-off in the Nursery Ward; One for the Groper

little, tiny hands balled into fists -- a pair of pygmy pugilists!

POEM: Face-off in the Nursery Ward!

little, tiny hands balled into fists -- a pair of pygmy pugilists!
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