BROOKLINE — Thank you, Deb Luskin. It took guts to write this. And thank you to The Commons for publishing.
I am hopeful for change. I pray we can all be kinder to each other in the midst of these revelations.
Meg Mott, Ph.D. is professor emerita of Marlboro College and Emerson College and describes herself...
Ross Momaney (rmm-art.com) is a visual artist and arts educator. By blending these roles, he...
Michelle Bos-Lun and Richard Nelson are state representatives who sit across the table from each...
Carolyn North (carolynnorthbooks.com) is a writer of books that address "the interface between matter and...
It's OK for the Selectboard to suggest that people wear facial coverings in indoor public spaces to reduce the spread of COVID-19, but it is not OK for the Selectboard to require it. That was the verdict rendered last week by the Scott administration, which explicitly told the town that it cannot impose an indoor masking mandate and that only the governor has that power. While saying that the virus in Brattleboro doesn't warrant such a response, Brittney Wilson, deputy...
Kate Casa's headline in your paper got it all wrong - so surprising for someone who claims to be a journalist. Does she not remember several attempts by Arabs to bomb Israel out of existence? Was it not in 1948, when the first attempt was made, that leaders of the Muslim community told all the Palestinians in Jerusalem to leave their homes for several days because they were going to bomb Israel away? Remember, they were on Hitler's side. History...
On the heels of its big splash productions of Sweeney Todd, the Demon Barber of Fleet Street, Jesus Christ Superstar and its upcoming winter production of Chicago, Main Street Arts is mining creative resources closer to home to offer an original, brand-new production of Charles Henry's Final Curtain. The show's two-weekend run at MSA concludes with performances on Nov. 16 and 17 at 7:30 p.m., and Nov. 18 at 2 p.m. According to a news release, the world premiere of...
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