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Tag: presidential election

Letters

Could everyone have a seat at the table?

I keep having this dream that all the Democratic candidates – perhaps including those who have dropped out along the way – would go away together for an extended retreat.

by Letter to the editor
Posted on February 21, 2020
Viewpoints

ORANGE ALERT: The (almost) daily outrage

For a president who revels in chaos — and in orchestrating it himself — Monday brought a political storm that Trump could not control.

by Ben Hillman
Posted on October 31, 2017
Viewpoints

COMMENTARY: Resisting the temptation to withdraw

Fake news has become a mantra from the man who employs the practice of inventing information. 

by Melissa Mishcon
Posted on February 19, 2017
Letters

Open letter to American youth: Calm down, freak out

In his letter to the editor, Matt Whalan writes: “If you are afraid, calm down. You are not trapped. We are not stuck with Trump. Trump is stuck with us.”

by Matthew Vernon Whalan
Posted on November 14, 2016
Letters

Mother Nature’s already voted

In his letter to the editor, Robert Connors writes: “I think that as a nation, we are slowly witnessing a simultaneous undercurrent of a Phoenix-like rebirth.”

by Letter to the editor
Posted on November 8, 2016
Letters

What’s at stake for millennials in election 2016

In her letter to the editor, Nicki Wilson writes: “Hillary Clinton has a plan whereby the current student loan debt could be refinanced at the current rates available for students taking out new loans. Donald Trump has no real Student Loan Plan.”

by Letter to the editor
Posted on November 1, 2016
Life In the Berkshires

CONNECTIONS: Another ‘critical’ presidential election

The election of 1856 did all three of the things: the membership of the extant party changed; one party was destroyed and another created, and exposed were the social and cultural conditions that produce a critical election.

by Carole Owens
Posted on May 10, 2016
Viewpoints

Lulu ‘n’ Hershey

The contest for the hearts of Democrats is being conducted in Cafe Perspectivo, with Jess the barista loyal to Bernie Sanders, while Lulu and Hershey remain faithful to Hillary Clinton.

by Robert Ayers
Posted on September 22, 2015
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