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By JONATHAN KAHANE

My teachers all told me throughout my 22 years as a student in academia that I’m a slow learner. After 80 years I’m still trying to learn how to tie my shoes so they remain fastened for more than an hour at a time.

On the same day (May 6) columnist J.M. Sorrell declared that “Anti-Zionism is antisemitism,” the Guardian reported that Zionist leader Bezalel Smotrich announced “that ‘Gaza will be entirely destroyed’ as a result of an Israeli military victory, and that its Palestinian population will ‘leave in great numbers to third countries,” raising fears of ethnic cleansing in the occupied territory.” The same day, the Times of Israel also quoted Smotrich: “The Gazan citizens will be concentrated in the south. They will be totally despairing, understanding that there is no hope and nothing to look for in Gaza, and will be looking for relocation to begin a new life in other places.”

By ALEXANDER MACDOUGALL

NORTHAMPTON — As he fought to swim to the shore along the Oxbow of the Connecticut River Tuesday afternoon, his lungs taking in heavy amounts of water, thoughts of his own mortality began to enter the mind of James Roberts.

I'm sorry but there's no other way to say that, and I'm surprised the Gazette ran the editorial cartoon with the label “leftist judges” on the skeet shooter [opinion page, April 14].  This follows the latest ruling against Trump by SCOTUS 9-0. Many of the judges on these cases were appointed by Reagan, Trump himself and others as well as by Democrats. Back in the day would you have printed a cartoon supporting the idea that rogue gunners were firing at innocent Japanese fighters? Or that on the day of integration of Birmingham schools the children arrived with their gang of federal troops? The judiciary is under siege not the idea of executive orders, those are everywhere, everyday.

By JONATHAN KAHANE

For 238 years, the Gazette has been informing Pioneer Valley residents of the news of the day, and while doing so has provided the medium for readers to share their earth-shattering (and not so earth-shattering) opinions concerning the pressing affairs affecting them. For years now during the modern (and not so modern) era, I have enjoyed participating in this exercise.

By KURT HEIDINGER

By JONATHAN KAHANE

By EMILEE KLEIN

A $12.6 million grant will build out broadband internet for almost 100 underserviced communities across the state, including customers in nine Hampshire and Franklin cities and towns.

By JONATHAN KAHANE

By RAYMOND FONTAINE

 Every year at New Year’s, my wife and I watch Woody Allen’s wistful and loving tribute to the golden age of radio, “Radio Days.” The narrator of the film, Mr. Allen, reminisces about the fleeting sounds of his youth through a somewhat...

Rep. Jim McGovern deserves credit for expressing, on Dec. 17 to Secretary of State Antony Blinken and Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin, his disapproval of their continued support for what Amnesty International concludes is genocide. In a letter,...

By JONATHAN KAHANE

 I voted for Kamala Harris in the recent presidential election, and I’m very “disappointed” in the result. I chose that word carefully because it, and not the outcome of the vote per se, is the focus of this essay.From the moment this campaign began...

The folks of greater Northampton are lucky again to be treated to another season of the Pioneer Valley Ballet’s Nutcracker! Thomas Vacanti and Maryanne Kodzis (with a little help from Lisa Baldyga) have been busy preparing this season’s performances...

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...

Come Nov. 6, campaign anxiety will turn to joy or disappointment. Now is a good time to consider how we would handle each.In doing so, please consider this: We will still need to deal with each other. We know our differences, but do we realize how...

By JONATHAN KAHANE

 I don’t watch much television, mainly the news/weather broadcasts and a baseball game now and then if the Sox are on. Unfortunately it has become too painful to watch them recently, so instead I root against those Boys from The Bronx. Regrettably, my...

By JONATHAN KAHANE

 A couple of weeks ago an alternative universe must have been created, and by some combination of supernatural forces I met up with my two college roommates at a nondescript diner somewhere in rural (very rural) Maine. We hadn’t seen each other in...

I will be 80 in November. My life experiences give me some wisdom, but they can also stilt my views. So, I increasingly lean on the wisdom of younger generations. They are the future, as I fade. With the rise of Kamala Harris, recent Mideast peace...

Peachy keenStone fruit season is in full swing and this Sunday, Aug. 18, there will be an opportunity to celebrate at the Outlook Farm Peach Festival in Westhampton. Located at the scenic Outlook Farm winery and brewery, the event will include a pig...

By JONATHAN KAHANE

 I really tried this time. I gave it everything I had. I even trained for months before it began — before the flame was lit.I did my utmost to watch the Olympics on TV this year. If I watch just one more point of beach volleyball, I will go stark...