Opinion
My Turn: A ruthless strategy that damages US
By PATRICK MCGREEVY
Democracy don’t rule the worldYou better get that in your headThis world is ruled by violenceBut I guess that’s better left unsaid.— Bob Dylan In the film “Ender’s Game,” Harrison Ford’s character tells a boy who had been bullied that, when you...
Analee Wulfkuhle: Shores Ness a vote for Deerfield’s future
Deerfield residents, on May 6, when voting for Selectboard, look no further than Carolyn Shores Ness. She works 50 to 60 hours a week for Deerfield. No one else on the ballot will do that. Health issues? From mosquitoes to thousands of dollars in...
Byron Coley: Shores Ness for Select Board
Blake Gilmore wants my vote to serve on the Selectboard in Deerfield. So I asked friends and neighbors what they knew about the candidate, and where he stands on the issues in the town — subsidized senior housing, senior center, road repair funding,...
Amy Tibbetts: Northfield residents deserve truth and clarity
Thank you for reporting on facts and history surrounding Northfield’s current EMS chief [“Chief’s failure to transport infant prompts license suspension,” Recorder, April 27]. I have been following the articles closely as my family has lived in...
Karen Rowe: Support the Energy Innovation and Carbon Dividend Act
I grew up in an era when there were no limits on what people could dump into rivers and lakes. I remember magazine photos of the Cuyahoga River on fire in 1970, flames shooting high up into the air.It was a time when there also were no limits on the...
Columnist Daniel Cantor Yalowitz: Staying real, remaining humble
By DANIEL CANTOR YALOWITZ
Two weeks ago in this space, I wrote about the importance of cultural humility. At that time, I knew that my next column would focus on its twinned counterpart, personal humility. Today, I’ll focus on why maintaining an understanding of ourselves in...
Araceli Katalin McCoy: Why we should change the voting age to 16
Speaking as a Frontier student, if I think of a perfect political voting system, I think of everyone having a voice and fighting for what they believe in. I have a strong feeling that most of you feel the same way. With many people having the choice...
Emily Gaylord: Shores Ness brings experience
Deerfield friends and neighbors: If you want a fiscally responsible selectperson, you already have her: Carolyn Shores Ness. She has an estimable track record of working closely with legislative officials, securing funding (that important “f” word),...
Arlene and Doug Tierney: Vote for Blake Gilmore on May 6
Blake Gilmore, a resident of South Deerfield, is seeking a position as a member of the DeerfieldSelectboard. It is with great enthusiasm that we endorse his candidacy. We have known Blake Gilmore for 60-plus years, early on as a co-worker at the...
David Dempsey: The Carnegie Library is overdue for an upgrade
At the upcoming May 4 Montague Town Meeting, members will have an opportunity to vote on Article 17 that will fund the next stage in the planning and design of an improved library for Turners Falls. Our beloved 118-year-old library simply does not...
The World Keeps Turning: Quantifying happiness — How we measure up
By ALLEN WOODS
A few weeks ago, Donald Trump again displayed his blissfully ignorant understanding of the modern world. At a fundraiser at the home of a billionaire in Palm Beach, Florida, he went off script (if there ever was a script) not only to complain about...
My Turn: Dear Patients — We hear you!
By DR. MEGHAN GUMP
As a family practitioner and the medical director of Valley Medical Group, I care deeply about my patients and our community. During my 20 years of practicing full-spectrum primary care in Franklin County, I have come to value the relationships I...
Ava Gips: Carolyn Shores Ness gets things done
I met Carolyn Shores Ness when we worked against the fracked gas pipeline. She was the only local Selectboard member who thought of using the power of the Board of Health (in Deerfield, the Selectboard is also the BOH) to stop the pipeline, and was...
Annette Pfannebecker: Vote yes for Shores Ness and for Deerfield
It’s a fact: Carolyn Shores Ness is committed to enhancing all aspects of life in Deerfield. Through her eagle eye on fiscal responsibility, she has supported businesses, farms, education, health and safety, seniors, roads and infrastructure,...
Brenda Davies: Makes some healthy changes for our planet
By BRENDA DAVIES
Challenge yourself this Earth Day season. Develop a few new habits for the health of our planet!1. Join ‘No Mow May’ (or reduce your mowing). Leave the “weeds” for the pollinators: bees, ants, birds, etc.2. For the planet’s sake, grab a rake. Resist...
Guest columnist Jonathan Kahane: Clapping back at no-good scammers
By JONATHAN KAHANE
If you have experienced even a fraction of what I have been subjected to regarding scam phone calls lately, I’m sure that your frustration and anger meters are buried at the high end. It amazes me how various government agencies are able to trace...
My Turn: April is second chance month
By ANNIE MAURER and ALYSSA GOLDEN
April is Second Chance Month, a time to focus on how our community can support our neighbors in central and western Massachusetts returning from incarceration.As attorneys with Community Legal Aid’s CORI/Re-Entry Unit, we see the life-changing power...
My Turn: A moral justification for civil disobedience to abortion bans
By CARRIE N. BAKER
Over the last several years, in response to abortion bans and restrictions, advocates around the country have developed an alternative supply network for abortion pills outside of the medical system and the law.As a lawyer and law-abiding citizen, I...
My Turn: Industrial solar installations are overwhelming Northfield neighborhood
By JOHN BUXTON
Twenty-six thousand panels were recently approved on Pine Meadow Road in Northfield and are scheduled to be installed in our residential/agricultural-zoned neighborhood. It was appealed and argued over for the last couple of years, but ultimately it...
Guest columnist Rudy Perkins: Dangerous resolution on Iran
By RUDY PERKINS
Both the Iranian government’s bombing of Israel and the Israeli government’s bombing of Iran are extremely perilous for the Middle East and the United States. That is why the dangerously one-sided U.S. Congressional resolution, H.Res. 1143,...
