Opinion
My Turn: Forgotten foes — The return of preventable infections
By DR. JULIA FISCHER
My Turn: Racist history of US must be taught, but in all its complexity
By WALLIS REID
My Turn: The threat to constitutional rule
By CARL DOERNER
Dr. Joseph Viadero: Franklin County Y launches 2025 annual campaign
Today, Franklin County’s Y launches its 2025 Annual Campaign with the goal of raising $160,000. The Y has made great strides toward becoming a true anchor institution in Franklin County. We continue to earn the trust of members of all age groups by upgrading our offerings, improving our facilities, and creating an inclusive, diverse community.
Julia Duncan: Delighted with USAID purge
The Recorder’s March 11 story “Rubio says purge of USAID is complete, made my day. What’s the big deal? People get fired every day everywhere for all sorts of reasons. The only people upset about radical leftists losing their jobs are radical leftists. The rest of us are deliriously happy over current events.
Tom Peabody: Trump delivering for you
To all my Democratic friends, please ease up on yourselves over Donald Trump being president. Reading the Recorder makes it obvious that you all seem to be in a state of despair over what he is doing. It should be more obvious to you that this is what our country is all about and what the majority of patriotic Americans want.
Pushback: The government’s fake war against waste, fraud, and abuse
By AL NORMAN
Like a dog chasing its tail, our federal government has been chasing “waste, fraud and abuse” for decades.
Linda Clark: No to the school budget
Once again the schools are looking for more money. Let me remind the public (taxpayers) that the 2024-25 school budget was handed to them. They created six new principal positions to the tune of $600,000 and purchased two new transportation vehicles, while paying the church over $20,000 each school year to park in their lot.
My Turn: A triumph for the arts
By LEE WICKS
Michael Moore: All Starbucks, really?
With all of the events and turmoil in the U.S. at the moment, the paper’s devoting space to articles on the opening of a corporate coffee shop, even detailing what was served first [“Starbucks pours its first cup,” Recorder, March 14].
David Kempf: Trump’s opposition dumb
Donald J. Trump is so blessed to have the dumbest opposition.
Jeremy Williams: It’s an ugly world, it’s a beautiful world
The contrast between good and evil is just a mindset away. It is true, it can be a very ugly world. As is also true, it can be a very beautiful world. It’s all about our mindset.
My Turn: A duty to call out demeaning immigrants and the rule of law
By DAVID E. SULLIVAN
The following was excerpted from a talk given by Northwestern District Attorney David E. Sullivan at the Northampton St. Patrick’s Day Breakfast at the Hotel Northampton on Monday, March 17.
My Turn: Playing with the truth not funny now
By LOUISE DOUD
Conor Power: Trump is amazing (in a bad way)
In less than a month, President Donald Trump has changed our country from the defender of the free world and democracy into a pariah nation aligned with Russian President Vladimir Putin’s despicable regime. Trump has alienated and demeaned our neighbors and threatened our allies in Europe. He is intent on extorting Ukraine’s minerals and rights while blaming Ukraine for starting the war, all because his ego was damaged when President Volodymyr Zelenskyy would not perform an illegal act for him.
David Greenberg: Town hall a chance to ask questions
Republican representatives have been told to hide from their constituents. Apparently, destroying the entire government and crashing the economy is not what voters had in mind.
Priscilla Phelps: What was in Ukraine agreement?
In response to the recent expose between President Donald Trump and Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy at the White House, I was initially surprised by Trump’s assertion that a failure to sign whatever the proposed agreement was would potentially be the cause of World War III. Why did he say that?
Columnist Daniel Cantor Yalowitz: Finding wisdom in middle school
By DANIEL CANTOR YALOWITZ
Becoming a responsible adult is a decades-long, uneven, challenging process. It takes human beings longer than any other living being to emerge into a state of independence and autonomy. Most people spend at least 10 to 20 years in school, learning the skills, knowledge and values that will serve us and our families and communities in good stead, hopefully for the betterment of our world.
My Turn: This is how we fight — Turn the House blue
By ALLEN DAVIS AND TOM WEINER
Chester Kuzontkoski: Regarding DOGE
Once the mud settles, isn’t it amazing, what can be found, under the rocks, after the swamp is drained.
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