For the past two centuries, public schools have been battlegrounds over immigration, women’s education, the theory of evolution, racial segregation, prayer, guns, lunch, dress, sex, drugs and rock ‘n’ roll. Now there’s a new battle raging — this time, American history, and the truth, is on the line. 

Let’s hear it for autumn, best season of the year — certainly in the Berkshires. It’s when school starts, football season kicks off, voters head to the polls, and the hills are alive with color and excitement.

The U.S. now is trying to force people to get vaccinated to keep their jobs. France has had more luck with a softer approach: targeting their stomachs, as well as the French fascination with technology. 

Count me as standing in solidarity with the pigs. Nearly all are brought into this world to serve our gustatory pleasure, so we owe them at least some gratitude, as well as a measure of dignity and humaneness.

A child notices something is odd on the homefront, with dad always wearing a mask and mom stuck at home all day watching her little TV — the one with the keyboard.

Congress is close to passing a bipartisan $1 trillion infrastructure bill — Democrats and Republicans haven’t come together on something this big in years. It's a sign that Americans see eye-to-eye on more issues than commonly thought. 

Summertime, and the livin’ is easy — especially if you’re a kid. No school, no schedule. A few chores, maybe, but mostly you go where the day …