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By BILL RICHARDSON

This is in response to John Bos’ columns of Aug. 26 and Sept. 16. The Recorder may not have a liberal bias, but some editorial writers do. Almost daily, there is an anti-Trump, anti-conservative opinion article.Some even compared Donald Trump to...

By DANIELLE MILLER

In their 2022 book, “Battle for the American Mind,” Pete Hegseth and David Goodwin write, “Today, after 16,000 hours of K-12 indoctrination, our kids come out of government schools hating America. They roll their eyes at religion and disdain our...

By RUTH CHARNEY

At first there were only gentle waves. Dolphins cavorted and fed in the shallows. We lay on our backs and let the swells lift and lower us. Only the grandkids invited the breakers to dump on their heads and rollick their bodies.Then it changed —...

By GENE STAMELL

In the history of Major League Baseball (240,000 games, give or take a few thousand), pitchers have thrown exactly 24 perfect games, in which 27 consecutive batters have been retired without reaching base. So, in any given baseball contest, there is a...

By MARK REYNOLDS and LINDA BUTLER

One year after a major climate bill was passed, Massachusetts has begun to reap the benefits of an influx of clean energy investment and jobs.When the 2022 Inflation Reduction Act was signed into law last August, it unleashed a stream of clean energy...

By TIM WALTER

My dad, Paul Walter, grew up on the lower west side — the poor part — of Cleveland, Ohio. His mother was “a wet Democrat,” his father “a dry Republican.” He worked his way through college and law school. In the 1930s in the midst of the Depression,...

By JOHANNA NEUMANN

Rapid access to hot water is a hallmark of modern society and has made our lives a lot easier. With the turn of a faucet handle, we have hot showers as well as water to wash our dishes and clean our clothes.Now, the Biden Administration is positioning...

By JONATHAN MIRIN

On Aug. 13, 2021 the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia found the Federal Communication Commission guilty of ignoring 11,000 pages of submitted scientific evidence about harms to children and the environment from exposure to wireless...

By JENNY ADAMS

I looked for it under a tree. But in the end, I found it near the bushes lining the edge of his condominium yard. I wish I could say that it was hidden. It was not. It stood out, a solid brown mass of poop in plain sight.Unlike my dad’s very visible...

By BILL NEWMAN

The facts are startling. In December 2019, after Zackey Rahimi and his girlfriend, identified in court papers as “CM,” got into an argument in a parking lot, Rahimi grabbed her, knocked her to the ground, dragged her back to his car and threw her...

By WILLIAM LAMBERS

As we celebrate the birthday of the U.S. Air Force, let’s remember what one of its first missions represented: hope.For today with so much suffering abroad from conflict and climate change, the world needs hope.The Air Force was officially established...

By CARL DOERNER

News reports inform us Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas has repeatedly been the recipient of gifts of travel by a wealthy donor who, coincidentally, has business before the court and could therefore be seeking favorable rulings.Thomas’ wife,...

By J.M. SORRELL

It can be exhausting to engage in critical thinking and to listen to and learn from others who challenge your world view or your plans for activist work; however, without it, growth is stunted and opportunities are lost. People in identity groups who...

By AL NORMAN

‘We just got some great news, but Jeff Bezos is going to HATE this.”The president of the Amazon Labor Union (ALU) wrote that on Aug. 28 — almost one year and five months after Amazon workers in a Staten Island warehouse voted to form the first union...

By JULIE SPENCER-ROBINSON

The Thrive Act is an important bill before the state Legislature that would eliminate passing the MCAS as a graduation requirement and establish a commission to recommend “a more authentic and accurate system for assessing students, schools, and...

By JOANNA BUONICONTI

In previous columns, I’ve talked about how it often feels as though I’m pulling back the curtain and letting you all get a glimpse into aspects of my soul that I may not talk about with even the closest people in my life.But I do that intentionally....

By DON BAUMER

The 2024 presidential election is shaping up to be largely about the truth — who is telling it, and who isn’t. Although debate over the truthfulness of politicians is not exactly new (Richard Nixon and Bill Clinton come to mind), its prominence in the...

By JUDY WAGNER

Blueberry picking is a skill. First there is the color calibration. Is that berry truly blue? The best have a slightly frosted look but some are just outright dark polished midnight blue. You have to reach the ripe berry in the cluster and pluck or...

By GENE STAMMEL

“Always get married in the morning. That way, if it doesn’t work out, you haven’t wasted a whole day.” — Mickey Rooney“I always say, if you’re married 50 years and 10 of them are horrible, you’re doing pretty good.” — Michelle Obama“Keep your eyes...

By AMANDA ALIX

Dan Winslow’s melodramatic guest column for the Amherst Bulletin and Daily Hampshire Gazette casts Shutesbury as the villain and W.D. Cowls Inc., and Amp (now PureSky) Energy as the victims vis-a-vis the lawsuit filed by Cowls and Amp claiming the...