Carole Owens

The solution is marching alongside the trouble. The solution is a new, strong, and vocal political party.

Composed by Tchaikovsky to counter a bout of insomnia and melancholy, “Serenade for Strings” immediately cheered him up, and he reported “feeling well, invigorated and content,” as gratified listeners have over the years.

Absent the French and Indian War, it is doubtful the colonists would have won the Revolutionary War.

Home Life In the Berkshires BITS & BYTES:... BITS & BYTES: Cassie and Maggie at The Foundry; Sandra Boynton at The Mahaiwe; ‘Mutts Gone Nuts’ at The Colonial; Stockbridge Festival Chorus Christmas Concert; Ventfort Hall free for first responders; Red Cross volunteer training

Harming others may be loud and instantly impactful, but kindness has a quiet ripple effect that spreads out over time.

From schoolhouse to White House, we said we were on the side of decency, law and order, but did we mean it? We understand selfishness; we do not forgive vulnerability.

What saves democracy is practicing the Golden Rule and resisting the spurious arguments that rationalize the needless harm to the many for the aggrandizement of the few.

I had a professor once who would lean back in his chair (dangerously far), point his pen at a hapless student, and say, “You have missed the point exactly.” Proponents of AHA may have missed it.

In the current atmosphere of ad hominem attacks, where we might mistake sneering for intelligence, lack of caring for strength and self-indulgence for success, it is easy to lose the

What are you willing to trade for the Commonwealth’s clean energy goals?