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By BRUCE MILLER

House Speaker Kevin McCarthy is openly threatening to force a default on our nation’s debts unless President Biden agrees to a so far unspecified list of spending cuts to federal programs. But the president has a formidable constitutional argument...

By BILL NEWMAN

Last year for my birthday my brother, Jeff, gave me “Once More Around the Park,” a collection of stories by Roger Angell, who has been described as “baseball’s finest, fondest chronicler.” Jeffrey, no doubt, came upon the book, published in 1991,...

By KYLE GRABOWSKI

Receiving the NCAA tournament’s No. 1 overall seed shocked the Smith College basketball team, but it won’t overwhelm the Pioneers.Smith has reached two straight NCAA Division 3 Sweet 16s and won three consecutive NEWMAC titles.“I don’t think it adds...

By SHERYL HUNTER

If you are interested in immersing yourself in an entire weekend of music, look no further than the Back Porch Festival. This celebration of roots music presented by Signature Sounds and the Northampton Arts Council will take place this weekend. The...

Thanks to reporter Chris Larabee for highlighting the extraordinarily rapid warming of our climate [“January sees record-setting warmth,” Recorder, Feb. 21]. This is a hair-on-fire moment. "Someone else" is not taking care of this, and "new...

By SUSAN WOZNIAK

We are three weeks past the East Palestine, Ohio, train derailment. At its heart are three factors, one an object and the second a way of thinking. The object is plastic and the way of thinking is corporatism. We will discuss the third later.I...

The one-year anniversary of Russia’s war on Ukraine is this week, Feb. 24. Pioneer Valley residents can help by volunteering to help Ukrainians learn English to widen their employment opportunities while their economy suffers from the invasion. I am a...

By Carrie N. Baker 

On Jan. 17, prosecutors in Stoughton charged Victor Carter with viciously murdering Amber Buckner, who was stabbed 30 times. Police found her with the handle of a 4-inch knife protruding from her right temple. The next day, prosecutors in Quincy...

GREENFIELD — Due to a hazardous weather forecast Wednesday night, some Greenfield Recorder subscribers may experience delayed newspaper delivery on Thursday. If there are delays, all newspapers will be delivered as soon as possible. Thank you for your...

By ALEXANDER MACDOUGALL

NORTHAMPTON — Cooley Dickinson Hospital is getting a rebranding that emphasizes the Northampton hospital’s ties with the Mass General Brigham health care system.New entrance signs leading into the hospital at 30 Locust St. now display the Mass General...

By JOHN PARADIS

In 2019, the Boston Globe’s Stan Grossfeld spoke to tailgating couples outside a New England Patriots football game and asked if Tom Brady would ever come between them.“Would you ditch your spouse for Tom Brady?” Grossfeld asked. The survey said:...

By MADDIE FABIAN

NORTHAMPTON — Having taken over ownership of longtime construction company Wright Builders Inc. from founder Jonathan Wright, 40-year-old Seth Lawrence-Slavas says he is committed to continuing the company’s progressive and sustainable vision.During...

By BILL NEWMAN

I keep thinking about Tyre Nichols. And the depravity of the five Memphis cops who killed him.   The videos show that this 29 year-old Black man, the father of a four year-old son and a Fed-Ex employee, did nothing wrong, and yet the cops pulled him...

Reporter Chris Larabee’s recent article, “Foresters, conservationists oppose Healey logging moratorium,” (Recorder, Jan. 28) quotes state and local experts who believe that “Harvesting timber from forests, for both environmental and commercial...

GREENFIELD — Hazardous weather conditions have resulted in delayed newspaper delivery for many Greenfield Recorder subscribers. Not all subscribers will receive delivery on Saturday, but all weekend newspapers will be delivered as soon as possible.

By J.M. Sorrell

Ray Bradbury’s classic book, “Fahrenheit 451,” shows a dystopian fascist future where people take pills and watch state-run TV to stay compliant in a world where books are outlawed and burned when found. The only hope for the future of humanity is the...

By Richard Fein

The new coalition government in Israel is the most ultra-nationalist, theocratic in that nation’s history. Many of Israel’s friends are deeply concerned about Israel’s future as a Jewish Democratic State living up to the ethical standards enshrined in...

Kate Lindroos’ column “In the fight against logging, conspiracy takes the (profitable) reins,” (Gazette, Jan. 18) points out how the International Panel on Climate Change acknowledges that forest management can help mitigate climate-related risks to...

By DOMENIC POLI

The region’s state legislators are getting acclimated to their newly redrawn districts but say their day-to-day lives won’t change much, as they were elected to represent the people, regardless of political affiliation, and who share similar...

By WILLIAM LAMBERS

Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. believed in writing letters. Dr. King wrote frequently, including the famous Letter from Birmingham Jail in which he encouraged activism for human rights stating, “Injustice anywhere is a threat to justice everywhere.”Martin...