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By LENORE BRYCK

Why would eco-climate activists throughout Massachusetts challenge the siting of industrial solar installations on forests and green lands? Their focus is precisely climate healing, not impeding solar development. But witnessing severe damage by big...

By FRIENDS OF CONTE EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE

This summer’s epic flooding up and down the Connecticut River watershed, from the hillsides of Vermont to the low-lying farmland and neighborhoods in Massachusetts and Connecticut, is simply astonishing. Gurgling little brooks, once just a few inches...

By JUDY WAGNER

Ah, Thanksgiving! It’s my favorite holiday of all, even though in recent years we have rarely celebrated with family. Kid schedules, work responsibilities, travel hassles, limited vacation and other challenges (like pandemics) lead us to plan other...

By SUSAN WOZNIAK

The public lecture has long been the source of informal, social opportunities and continuing education. There were several such movements in America during the 19th century that opened exploration, science, arts and politics to ordinary people.In the...

Editor’s note: Today marks the 70th anniversary of the armistice ending the Korean War.It was on the night of July 26, 1953 when President Dwight Eisenhower announced to the nation the armistice ending the fighting of the Korean War. The armistice...

By ANDREA POCAR

As a nuclear physicist, I was kindly invited by Isaac J. Mass to the Greenfield Garden Cinemas to the preview of the film “Oppenheimer,” by Christopher Nolan, an intricate depiction of the rise and fall of American physicist J. Robert Oppenheimer, who...

By KAREN LIST

Barbie, now in a theater near you, has always been big in our family.My sister in Iowa has several glass cases in her living room filled with the fanciest collector Barbies. All of my professional life, I’ve had a Glinda Barbie holding a magic wand on...

By GENE STAMELL

Thank you for choosing Green-Jet on this lovely Tuesday morning. We will begin pre-boarding for Flight 474 to Dallas just as soon as I gain the attention of passengers wearing headphones and earbuds. For all others,please excuse the volume of the...

By CLAIRE MORENON, MARGARET CHRISTIE and PHIL KORMAN

On July 10, heavy rains led to widespread flooding alongside small rivers and creeks throughout our region. The next day, the Connecticut River overflowed its banks to levels not seen since Hurricane Irene in 2011.This flooding event was fast in some...

By RICHARD FEIN

In the name of enrollment diversity, should race be a factor in college admissions? Should college student loan debts be forgiven in whole or in part because they are a burden on the debtor?College admissionsThis is my understanding. The case was...

By DAN WINSLOW

The good news is that Massachusetts state law prioritizes the development of solar energy facilities by zoning protections that limit undue interference by local governments. The better news is that Massachusetts has more than enough potential solar...

By JENNIFER RICHARDSON

It’s funny how long human beings have been alive and longing for more than they have — intellectually, physically, financially, more is built into our being. We long for a better life, a better world, than we have.Terrific! On that most Americans are...

By VALLE DWIGHT and BRIAN MELANSON

Gov. Maura Healey’s proposed update to the state’s sex education curriculum covers a range of important topics to ensure that students are getting comprehensive and medically accurate information about their bodies and their health.“All of our...

By RAZVAN SIBII

Surprisingly enough, since establishing its current refugee resettlement program in 1980, the U.S. government has not made it easy for regular citizens to get involved in helping newcomers settle into their new American lives. Usually, after the state...

By WILLIAM LAMBERS

The first atomic bomb test in New Mexico on July 16, 1945 opened the door to the dangerous nuclear arms races we have seen ever since. J. Robert Oppenheimer, a leader in the Manhattan Project that developed the atomic bomb during World War II, thought...

By AARON FALBEL

Several letters printed in the Recorder have asserted that a negotiated settlement to end the war in Ukraine would play into the hands of Vladimir Putin. Echoes of Neville Chamberlain reverberate in our minds and lead many to believe that anything...

By KAREN GARDNER

Once upon a time, a fellow named Mitch, a Republican who happened to be the Senate majority leader, decided that despite a few centuries of tradition and principle, he would create a new way of doing things. It wasn’t even a rule, just a principle...

LAURA WASHINGTON

Robert F. Kennedy Jr. is running for the 2024 Democratic presidential nominee. Anxious Democrats are taking note.The longtime environmental lawyer is the son and namesake of Robert F. Kennedy Sr., a former U.S. attorney general who was assassinated...

By MATT L. BARRON

One of the major fights in the coming reauthorization of the 2023 Farm Bill will be over the commodity checkoff system. Checkoffs are mandatory Department of Agriculture fees assessed on a per-unit basis that many U.S. farmers and ranchers pay every...

By JOANNA BUONICONTI

As anyone who lives with a chronic condition knows, a multitude of positive and negative effects come with it. One positive that I’ve discovered — as a necessary result of growing up with my condition — is that I am an avid planner. I take a small...