Greenfield Recorder - Opinion (2024)

Steve Constantine: Plan needed to force government out of business

08-30-2024 5:49 PM

Gotta give credit to my local fuel dealer. They alerted me to the horrors of the Mass. clean heat standard. Something I hadn’t heard much about. An authoritarian dream. Apparently government wants to take control of where the people get their energy....

Ed Gregory: Seen it?

08-30-2024 5:49 PM

Has anyone ever seen or heard Donald Trump laugh? … Sad!Ed GregoryGreenfield

My Turn: It takes a community to support a library

08-29-2024 5:38 PM

By JEANNE CANTEEN

My daughter tells me that one of her most pleasant childhood memories is of the summer reading program at our library in Babylon, New York. She cites both discovering the joy of reading the books and the pleasure of being acknowledged as a reader with...

Barry McColgan: ‘Slum and blight’ an insulting moniker for neighorhood

08-29-2024 5:37 PM

Regarding the article ”GBA brainstorms ways to boost biz in the area” [Aug. 24], I have lived on River Street in Greenfield for over 40 years, and have seen many changes in the neighborhood, which includes Mill Street and Deerfield Street. If the...

My Turn: Would turning off our phones help at all?

08-28-2024 5:19 PM

By AHMAD ESFAHANI

Now that the Democratic National Convention is done and dusted, it seems that all that is left for the masses to do is sit around and wait. Once November comes, and one of the “extremist groups” wins the presidential election, life will revert back...

My Turn: ADHD works for me, and so does NHE

08-28-2024 5:17 PM

By PETER NELSON

When I was in first grade, my teacher, Mrs. Johnson, told my parents she thought I might have a bladder infection. She said this because I was always asking to go to the bathroom. What was I doing in the bathroom? I was making up stories, singing,...

John Guenther: Could non-citizens have an effect on the outcome of an election?

08-28-2024 5:16 PM

Contrary to what a writer says in the letter “Illegal immigrants and the Electoral College” [Aug. 27], the number of electors in the Electoral College is not based on population, at least not directly. The number of electors each state gets is equal...

My Turn: Trump the better option for president

08-27-2024 6:17 PM

By ETHAN ROBINSON

I don’t understand how recent column writer Maddie Raymond or many Harris supporters have come to the conclusion that she is a viable option for a presidential candidate [“Harris flawed, but defender of democracy,” Aug. 25]. The Democratic Party’s...

My Turn: Blame Dems for damaging lockdowns, school closures

08-27-2024 6:15 PM

By JULIA DUNCAN

After reading Doug Selwyn’s column Understanding trauma in the schools[Aug. 24], I still blame Democrats for keeping kids out of school for so long. Since Selwyn is the chair of the Franklin County Continuing the Political Revolution educational...

Paula J. Botch: Peaceful standouts met with bullying by Harris supporters

08-27-2024 6:14 PM

Peaceful standouts met with bullying by Harris supportersAn Aug. 21 letter to the editor from a member of the Athol Democratic Town Committee claims Kamala Harris supporters did “peaceful standouts” in Orange and Athol for several weeks [“Peaceful...

Nina Keller: Cradle-to Grave or NIMBY?

08-27-2024 6:14 PM

The current plan by New Leaf Energy corporation to clear-cut and then erect a large standalone lithium battery storage facility in Wendell has been temporarily deflected. Corporations flaunting themselves as proponents of “green” technology are...

Ferd Wulkan: What Project 2025 means for you

08-27-2024 6:14 PM

Have you heard about Project 2025? Written by Donald Trump’s allies, it’s the 900-page playbook that tells us what a Republican administration will do in the first few months if Trump and J.D. Vance are elected. It touches on just about every topic...

My Turn: Beware the unintended consequences

08-26-2024 6:59 PM

By MARGUERITE WILLIS

The Aug. 20 Recorder had a front-page article with a headline that read “Fish and Game unveils five-year plan.” How innocuous, until you read in the article that Charlemont and Hawley will benefit since they are listed as “environmental justice”...

Christina White: Artificial light at night hurts birds

08-26-2024 6:55 PM

A gentle reminder that as we reach for cozy blankets with cooler temperatures, birds start their migration south. Lights on at night can confuse them, making their journey more difficult and dangerous. You can see who and how many are migrating at a...

Sharon Jean Fertig: Conspiracy theories about Israel abound

08-26-2024 6:55 PM

In the My Turn “Past time to end wars in Ukraine, Palestine,” [Aug. 8], the author states that many of the Israelis killed on Oct. 7 were killed by the Israel Defense Forces when they were killing Hamas operatives. This is false and a conspiracy...

David Goldstein: Go Trump

08-26-2024 6:55 PM

A letter writer says “the coming election is going to be a fight between … order or chaos” [“Two candidates, two different visions,” Aug. 23]. That is true. With Donald Trump, law and order will return; he will secure the southern border to protect...

John Lund: Political apathy

08-26-2024 6:55 PM

There has been something that I notice about myself these days. I have been feeling more apathy toward a lot of things in recent years, and I have not been getting upset so much regarding different issues anymore, either.My apathy was in the formative...

Ann Fisk: A Montague Mug Race thank you

08-26-2024 6:55 PM

When the weather forecasters report “cloudy with a few breaks of sun today,” don’t believe them. The morning of the 43rd Mug Race was anything but. A heavy mist fell early, a short burst of rain, then more drizzle. Thankfully by the time the cannon...

Victor Moschella: Illegal immigrants and the Electoral College

08-26-2024 6:55 PM

Illegal immigrants vote in our presidential election. For years, the Democratic mouthpieces have been giving lip service to the American public about “fixing” the illegal immigrant issue. Kamala Harris made mention of it during the Democratic...