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By BEN GROSSCUP

I agree with the Feb. 23 guest column by Dr. E. Martin Schotz [“Rethinking U.S. interests on anniversary of war in Ukraine”]. The war in Ukraine must end with a cease-fire between the NATO-armed Ukrainian Armed Forces and the Russian Army. Achieving...

By AL NORMAN

Decades before Ben & Jerry’s, the Blake brothers of Springfield slipped some magic ingredient into their ice cream products that stimulated longevity. Pres Blake lived to the age of 106, and his brother Curtis lived to 102. According to Friendly’s...

Lyle Denit has written a reply to my guest column [”Rethinking U.S. interests on anniversary of war in Ukraine,” Recorder, Feb. 20] criticizing my view on the causes of the war in Ukraine [“Ukraine deserves a better kind of peace,” Recorder, March 4]....

The state of Israel was self-declared in 1948 following a genocidal assault on Palestine by a Zionist terrorist faction, well-armed by Western powers. Five hundred villages were massacred and 750,000 Palestinians were driven off their lands and out of...

By KATHE GEIST

Thank you, Estelle Cade! [“When ‘Little Black Sambo’ was just a clever kid,” Recorder, Feb. 26]. I had the same “colored” baby doll. I called her Sandra, and now I know where the name came from.Family lore has it that I brought such a doll home from...

By JOANNA BUONICONTI

As readers of my column are well aware, I tend to spill my guts — about what’s currently going on in my life — in the ink on this page for all of you to see, and fair warning this is going to be another one of those. I have been wanting to write this...

In John Paradis’ recent My Turn [“Message of hope needed to eclipse rancor,” Recorder, Feb. 28], he stated that President Joe Biden’s greatest asset is his genuine love and concern for the American people. Well, let’s look back at Biden’s disgraceful...

‘Our side is the good side, and your side is the bad side.”How amazing the human organism can be. “My side wears blue and yellow.” “Oh yeah, well my side wears black, red, white, and green.” It is often comical to find one’s existence within a nation...

It’s with horror that those of us on the left learn of Trump’s blatant intention to create an authoritarian government, with him being the top authoritarian. We look at those on the right and cry out, “Don’t you see what he’s doing?” “Don’t you see he...

By LYLE DENIT

I read with interest Dr. E. Martin Schotz’s column on the causes of the war in Ukraine [“Rethinking U.S. interests on anniversary of war in Ukraine,” Gazette, Feb. 23]. He recommended two speeches by Presidents Dwight Eisenhower and John Kennedy. I...

By DANIEL CANTOR YALOWITZ

For me, the previously unthinkable has now happened. Last September, I published a column in this space entitled “On letting go and saying goodbye” regarding what seemed at that time to be the imminent passing of my dearly belov’d feline friend of...

I am a physician activist and researcher for Mass Medicare for All legislation — An Act Establishing Medicare for All in Massachusetts (H.1239/S.744). Today I posted the first public announcement of our first in the U.S. county level study group...

I have been selling items through eBay recently. Each sale carries a transaction fee, a set percent of the amount of the sale. I noticed that eBay calculates this fee after they have added on the amount of sales tax and shipping, neither of which are...

By ALLEN WOODS

The familiar words bring vivid memories of the 1960s video clips that opened ABC’s “Wide World of Sports”: “The thrill of victory” (a victorious boxer carried overhead by a jubilant crowd) “and the agony of defeat” (a ski jumper stumbles before...

By JOHN BOS

What is a responsible conservative? Depending upon your interpretation of “responsible,” might that include maintaining a democratic form of government? I certainly hope so.Because the MAGA crowds are supporting the elimination of democracy, whether...

The attorney, David Roulston, appears to have a problem with liability insurers. But we don’t know that until the last three paragraphs of his Feb. 29 My Turn, “Bias verdict should not have been surprise.” As for the eleven paragraphs that precede...

By RICHARD FEIN

 This column is about the hardships facing people in Lebanon and the humanitarian crisis in Yemen. I might have chosen any number of other countries to write about, so why these two? My concern is that the geopolitical issues relating to them are much...

After reading the news article about the poor cellphone service in the The Weldon apartment building in Greenfield, my first response was what is Europe doing to get wireless and internet service in its ancient buildings? [“Connectivity woes bedevil...

I have heard antisemites blame “the Jews” for many things, some might be world financial crises, 911, you name it. But blaming Jews for enabling the Holocaust is a new one I have never heard before reading Carl Doerner’s Feb. 22 column “The root...

I am writing to voice my support of Jay Fleitman and Mary Lou Stuart for Republican State Committee. I know Jay and Mary Lou personally and can attest to their unfailing support of our traditional, conservative values and their commitment to honesty,...