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By SUSAN WOZNIAK

Like many of you, I am still questioning the election. I do not understand how it is that the news media posted polls that showed Kamala Harris at 45% and Donald Trump 47%, or Harris at 49% and Trump 46%, only for Trump to garner the majority of votes...

Why was Don Brown let go from his head coaching position at UMass Amherst? Is it really just all about wins? Personally, I think it is more about the program and the student athletes than a final score or a final season record of wins and losses. Don...

The recent Valley Light Opera production of “The McAdu” (“The Mikado” set in Scotland!), among many delights, revised the Lord High Executioner’s “little list” of characters “who won’t be missed” to include allusions to Trump and a local reference...

It can be a good thing to lose an election. It can make you feel sad, disappointed, worried. You might cry, you might mourn. Crying and mourning might release something, soften something, tenderize you. In your softened, tenderized state something...

By JOHANNA NEUMANN

Holiday time is nearly here. I’m so excited about filling my home with the smell of balsam fir and baking cookies and the sounds of my boys singing along to Chipmunks Christmas carols.I am not, however, looking forward to the crescendo of holiday...

By TERRY MOLLNER

Listening to the talking heads in the news media is painful because of how shallow it is, from Nancy Pelosi to Bill Maher on down.For me the issue is that the lower middle class and working class revolted against the establishment, as, by the way,...

Before entering the Mos Eisley spaceport seeking an interplanetary Uber to Alderaan, Obi-Wan Kenobi cautioned Luke Skywalker, “You will never find a more wretched hive of scum and villainy.” Evidently, Mr. Kenobi had never been to Washington, D.C.,...

As the president of 80 Acres, I want to share with our community a message of gratitude, love, and honesty during a challenging time. At 80 Acres, we have always been driven by a deep commitment to serving those most impacted by climate injustice and...

By LOU CONOVER

The Democratic Party is consumed with its defeat. The discussion goes back and forth between finger-pointing, navel gazing, terrified wailing, and depression. Of course there is a recognition of what victories there were and a renewed determination...

By JONATHAN KLATE

Cigarettes induce mental states that people desire such as calmness, mild euphoria, and relaxed focus. The tobacco and chemical additives are compounded and balanced to induce these feelings in order to keep us buying the product. The objective of...

Anonymous letters are abhorrent. However, the hypocrisy of the Amherst Pelham Education Association in criticizing the “low tactics” of the correspondence disparaging Superintendent E. Xiomara Herman is truly stunning. Many of us remember that, in the...

Karen Bercovici’s guest column, “We need to rethink ‘gender care’ for our children” (Gazette, Nov. 14) is full of debunked arguments. It is based on a recent, discredited UK review of other transgender studies by Dr. Hillary Cass. But Cass’ findings...

Thank you to Karen Bercovici for her Nov. 14 guest column outlining the issues with “gender-affirming” care [“We need to rethink ‘gender affirming care’ for our children”]. As the parent of a child who identified as trans for a time and then desisted,...

I was disappointed to read yet another opinion piece about gender medical care for transgender young people. Nov. 13-19 has been designated Transgender Awareness Week. Rather than affirming transgender adults and children readers were subjected to...

National security is one of the core functions of the president. The president is constitutionally required to protect the United States. According to a recent Supreme Court ruling, a president cannot be prosecuted for any act, legal or otherwise,...

A knock at the door. “Your son has been shot,” the police officer says. The text notification dings. “Your child’s school has been locked down with an active shooter.” Imagine a parent’s feelings upon hearing or seeing these words. Millions of guns...

By DONALD JORALEMON

There is no shortage of post-election speculation about the causes of Kamala Harris’ loss as Democrats wring hands and panic over the future of the party. It is generally an overreaction.Trump’s success was not the landslide he has claimed; many of...

By RAZVAN SIBII

Here’s an incomplete list of the kinds of immigrants that, at some time or the other, the U.S. government has said should not be coming to this country: Syrians, convicted criminals, Chinese, anarchists, Libyans, people who are illiterate, Eastern...

By KURT HEIDINGER

 The postmortem has arrived, concluding voters elected Donald Trump because of “the economy.” After campaigning against him with the red alert message that he is a fascist, Kamala Harris lost all seven swing states. The “economy” message, not the...

By PATRICK J. CAHILLANE

 Standing in the Great Hall of Flags at the State House last Monday, Gov. Maura Healey opened her Veterans Day Ceremony remarks by stating that “Every day should be Veterans Day.”Our governor’s comment struck a deep chord with me. Feeling humbled for...