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Enjoy things we can agree on in comics Every once in a while a story, event or work of art comes along that is so divisive that it threatens to tear apart even the tightest knit of communities, such as our beloved Pioneer Valley. I am speaking of...

Observations about comics My goodness. Are we really debating the comics in the letters to the editor? Worse, here I am joining the fray.Some quick observations, before the PC police come to take me away. Wednesday’s Close to Home features a shootout...

Future grim for women’s reproductive health care I am worried for my daughters and granddaughters. I am worried for all the daughters and granddaughters in the country.The future of women’s reproductive health services looks grim under Donald Trump’s...

‘Climate change’ correct term I am writing in response to the letter in the Gazette “Is it global warming or climate change?” (March 17) in which the writer suggested that the recent freak snowstorm would cause most people to doubt the validity of...

Urges Hatfield residents to attend Town Meeting Annual Town Meeting in Hafield is again just around the corner on May 9.Attendance has been great, but remember it only takes 75 registered voters to have a quorum and thereby takes usually one-half (or...

Democrats erred in filibustering Gorsuch Am I the only one who thinks the Democrats screwed up when they insisted on filibustering the vote to confirm Supreme Court nominee Neil Gorsuch? Had the Dems been willing to vote up or down on his nomination,...

Express opinions without fear of personal attacks In response to the tasteless letter published April 5 (“Columnist purposely gets under skin of community”), perhaps the writer’s comments should remind her of herself.Where is the fairness of...

Support carbon fee for environment and jobs By dismantling Obama’s Clean Power Plan, President Donald Trump claims he is going to bring back jobs and make “America wealthy again” (“Trump ends ‘war on coal’,” March 29).This has no basis in fact....

Beetle Bailey response In response to the letter writer’s comments on the comic strip Beetle Bailey published April 6 (“Object to Beetle Bailey”): Get a life.John Rejniak Southampton

Must live with open hearts, courage, honesty In a chorus when some singers take a breath on “the” while others breathe on “river” and others on “flows,” the beauty of the sound is sustained.The river flows smooth and strong when the singers share what...

Amherst College should ask Russia for mammoth It is interesting how sometimes seemingly disparate news items can jell together in a moment of clarity and suggest a clear course of action.I recently read of a group of Russian geneticists who were in...

Schools must send clear message on racism I write in support of the Easthampton parents protesting their high school’s inadequate response to racism in their school by failing to send a clear message that racial hatred will not be tolerated (“Parents...

Thanks community support for Adult Spelling Bee On behalf of the Northampton Education Foundation, I would like to thank our community for supporting Northampton Public Schools by attending and participating in the 17th annual Adult Spelling Bee on...

Uber driver says police not the problem I read the article on Uber drivers being targeted by Amherst police (“Police, Uber drivers at odds,” April 4) and the drivers’ slant on the limited, one- sided information that was gathered.I have been an Uber...

Urges leaders to stand up for what is right A letter published March 20 puzzled me because the writer said that he was waiting for the “curtain to rise” on the Trump show/circus.I, and most of us who voted for the popular victor in the election, are...

Trump dismantling progress in developing world Singlehandedly, Trump is dismantling the progress made in the developing world.As hunger escalates in Nigeria, South Sudan and Somalia, the lives of millions of Africans hang in the balance; one man,...

Must seek shared sense of nationhood The recent international shift to populism of the right is motivated by a dangerous, outmoded kind of nationalism that must be replaced with newfound reassurance and all-inclusive faith in a global progressive...

Big not better, and may be worse Friday’s illogical editorial (“Support Amherst school plan”) extols the “mega-mania” that periodically grips Amherst, as the town too frequently confuses size with quality. Two of our grandchildren attend a beaten-up,...

Shame on US for its own meddling What’s extraordinary is not just our pain but our surprise to think that the Russians meddled in our elections. After all, we are known to have meddled in the elections of Chile in the 1970s, in those of Iran in the...

Kellogg had desire to coach at UMass No matter who UMass ends up hiring to coach its men’s basketball team (“Kelsey backs out, coach search resumes,” March 24), there is one thing Derek Kellogg had that they will not: a true desire to actually coach...