When 17 teen-aged students and their teachers are murdered in cold blood by a disturbed individual using a legally-obtained weapon designed solely for battlefield use, Americans rightfully expect … more

With all the talk about Russian interference in U.S. elections being tantamount to a cyber-Pearl Harbor attack and an assault on our bedrock democratic system, it's easy to imagine that the problem … more

Berkshire County residents watching the latest Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority (MBTA) fiasco unfold last Wednesday on WCVB-Channel 5 out of Boston were undoubtedly grateful that they never … more

In a clear-eyed acknowledgement that legal recreational marijuana production and sales will be a reality for Bay State residents in a few short months, the city of Pittsfield has already made timely … more

President Abraham Lincoln's Emancipation Proclamation of 1863 and the Reverend Martin Luther King's "I have a Dream Speech" in 1963 were in a sense bookends to a tumultuous century for … more

It is difficult to imagine human needs more basic than food, housing and heat. It is equally difficult to imagine how any developed first-world government in the 21st century, regardless of its … more

Today marks the 75th anniversary of the publication of Norman Rockwell's "Four Freedoms," specifically the first in a quartet of works based on the January 6, 1941 State of the Union address to … more

If only the machinery of lawmaking could move as swiftly as a bullet train connecting one end of the Commonwealth to the other. After years of waiting and a torrent of talking, the idea of a … more

The decision of Moody's Investors Services to list the outlook of Berkshire Health Systems as "negative" instead of "stable" is worrisome, even though the impact is not immediate. It makes it even … more

Parents and their school-aged children in the United States of America lingered over their goodbyes on Thursday morning. Hugs lasted longer.Hand squeezes went on a few seconds more.And many a parent … more