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Tag: politics

Viewpoints

Alan Chartock: Matchmaker, I’m not

I don’t want to be defensive, but if you look up my columns on Cuomo the Younger, you will see that I have always been fairly tough on the guy.

by Alan Chartock
Posted on June 30, 2020
Viewpoints

CONNECTIONS: Dinner with the Kennedys

Jean was a joy one on one — immediately recognizable as the kind of friend wonderful to have; a woman who was interested, interesting and accepting.

by Carole Owens
Posted on June 23, 2020
Viewpoints

CONNECTIONS: Sowing seeds of terrorism at our border

There may also be disagreement about what to do with the children separated from their parents, but there may be another question worth answering: Are we creating a generation of terrorists?

by Carole Owens
Posted on July 2, 2019
Viewpoints

Alan Chartock: Government for sale

One of the reasons why we need a free press is that they are capable of figuring out who is buying influence.

by Alan Chartock
Posted on June 4, 2019
Letters

Enough fighting. Lighten up

In her letter, Rita Kasy writes: “How about thinking in terms of “supporting” instead of fighting and struggling?”

by Letter to the editor
Posted on January 30, 2019
Viewpoints

Alan Chartock: Politicians out in the cold

Even if the weather doesn’t live up to the advance hype, it is still possible for the politicians to be held responsible. I mean, someone has to take the blame, right?

by Alan Chartock
Posted on January 29, 2019
Life In the Berkshires

CONNECTIONS: ‘Tis the season for community, dignity

At this time of year when we focus on gifts, visiting, punch bowls and groaning boards, let it be resolved that we remember the humanity of our neighbors – even the humanity of those who disagree with us on issues we hold dear.

by Carole Owens
Posted on December 25, 2018
Letters

DA candidate Caccaviello is flawed; Harrington is tough, ethical

In a letter to the editor, Leo Yantovsky writes, “Not graciously accepting his loss in the primary, he then launched his write-in campaign, likely the pressure of those who have held onto power in the Berkshires for a long time.”

by Letter to the editor
Posted on November 2, 2018
Arts & Entertainment

POEM: The Launching of the Slingshot Ride

you grip the sides and start

to scream with something that is akin to laughter

by Jon Swan
Posted on October 23, 2018
Viewpoints

How bad it’s got

I was sandbagged by a little old lady because I’m a Democrat and she’s a Republican.

by Bobby Houston
Posted on October 21, 2018
Viewpoints

LEONARD QUART: Pain and politics

Of course, there is the political world, which somehow I continue to obsess about — aching and all. 

by Leonard Quart
Posted on September 15, 2018
Viewpoints

CONNECTIONS: Who we are

Unresolved and never abandoned, it is the push-pull between the sides that make America what it is, make our politics what they have been.

by Carole Owens
Posted on September 11, 2018
Letters

Senator Warren’s missed opportunity

In her letter to the editor, Linda Shmulsky writes: “In this case, the political theater played out perfectly on the Mahaiwe stage: energize the base to get volunteers to assist with getting the vote out for the midterm elections — all rhetoric and little substance.”

by Letter to the editor
Posted on July 25, 2018
Viewpoints

LEONARD QUART: Midsummer New York

My encounter is the kind that you could easily have in the city if you ask the right questions, and have the patience to sit and listen closely to another person’s revelations.

by Leonard Quart
Posted on July 24, 2018
Viewpoints

CONNECTIONS: America’s core values: A refresher

Those focused on the job and intent on completing the work assigned to them, those working for benefit of others and without an undue need to take a bow or toot a horn, those are the ones with the confidence to allow for others to thrive.

by Carole Owens
Posted on July 24, 2018
Viewpoints

CONNECTIONS: Bow Ties snarl; Big Tents fold

In a land far, far away, the two political parties skulked around the capital city calling each other names, playing dirty tricks, refraining from governing the nation in the name of party survival, and lying to the public about it. 

by Carole Owens
Posted on July 3, 2018
Viewpoints

CONNECTIONS: Make America a democracy again

“Democracy is under assault and in retreat around the globe, a crisis that has intensified as America’s democratic standards erode at an accelerating pace.”
— Freedom House report

by Carole Owens
Posted on April 17, 2018
Viewpoints

Letter from Barcelona: We are not afraid

It was especially discouraging to listen to the State of the Union from here in Spain, a place where they’re not buying into Trump’s message of fear – fear of immigrants, fear of falling, fear of each other.

by Bobby Houston
Posted on February 2, 2018
Viewpoints

Commentary: Immigrant dreams

It’s time we faced the fact that We the People of these United States are a blended family of stepchildren and adoptees.

by Melissa Mishcon
Posted on January 24, 2018
News

‘Ignorant and reprehensible’: Berkshire County reacts to Trump’s vulgar tirade about immigrants

Trump’s comments came in the run-up to the birthday of iconic African American civil rights leader Rev. Martin Luther King and the seventh anniversary of the devastating earthquake in Haiti that killed nearly 250,000 people.

by Terry Cowgill
Posted on January 13, 2018
Viewpoints

CONNECTIONS: What would George do?

When name calling intensifies and vitriol rules, when there is more heat than light, all sense is lost.

by Carole Owens
Posted on January 9, 2018
Life In the Berkshires

CONNECTIONS: ‘Tis the season of reconciliation

In the heat generated by any one issue … let it be resolved – every human being deserves a dignified response.

by Carole Owens
Posted on November 21, 2017
Viewpoints

CONNECTIONS: American tradition of perverting democracy

Sad but true: by our democratic process, we elected and continue to elect representatives who seek to pervert or suppress our democratic process.

by Carole Owens
Posted on November 7, 2017
Arts & Entertainment

BOOK REVIEW: Mark Lilla’s ‘The Once and Future Liberal’: Mesmerized by symbols

Liberals have not come up with, and do not seem to be working toward, a common vision that any and all American citizens would be welcome to get on board with.

by Sheela Clary
Posted on October 31, 2017
Viewpoints

Radical anger in America: How Trump has changed public discourse — and Politicon

The line for Ann Coulter trailed almost two city blocks around the convention center and, when she took the stage an hour later, she was greeted with applause worthy of a rock star.

by Victor Feldman
Posted on August 8, 2017
Viewpoints

CONNECTIONS: Our pugilistic politics

Are we a country irreconcilably divided? Rather than one issue, we seem unable to discourse rationally about climate change, immigration, health care, taxes, Russian espionage, or the man in the White House.

by Carole Owens
Posted on June 6, 2017
Life In the Berkshires

CONNECTIONS: Rise of the Women’s Political Caucus

“I believe, when women get involved, the dialogue changes. We need change.”
— Barbara Goldberg, treasurer of the Berkshire Women’s Political Caucus

by Carole Owens
Posted on May 16, 2017
Life In the Berkshires

CONNECTIONS: The Deflector-in-Chief

Deflection is accusing another of doing the very thing you are guilty of yourself. The guilty party does this to avoid any investigation or consequence of his own behavior.

by Carole Owens
Posted on April 4, 2017
We the People

ORANGE ALERT: The (almost) daily outrage

FBI Director James Comey’s request is a remarkable rebuke of a sitting president.

by Ben Hillman
Posted on March 5, 2017
Life In the Berkshires

CONNECTIONS: Natural equilibrium

In little villages like Stockbridge as well as on the national stage, there should always be two candidates for each position. There is a paucity of candidates. It is a kind of political anemia. It is not good for us; the voters deserve a choice. It is not good for democracy.

by Carole Owens
Posted on February 28, 2017
Viewpoints

Notes from afar

Reflections from Belle Fox-Martin, including the poem “Bath Time.”

by A. J. Kohlhepp
Posted on February 25, 2017
Viewpoints

From bogeys to tweets: A rogues’ gallery of Trump’s team

Trump’s team defended its use of the Jewish star, claiming that the star was… a “sheriff’s badge.” The alt-right got the message, and anti-Semites chuckled.

by Winston Smith
Posted on February 12, 2017
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