Matthew Stafford’s Los Angeles Rams are favored Thursday night to kick off NFL Week 5, but will Christian McCaffrey’s San Francisco 49ers keep it close? Our pick ...

Allow me to add my voice along with millions of Americans across the country in condemning in the strongest possible terms the senseless and despicable murder of political activist Charlie Kirk. My ...

Here are five things that I, well, you know ... Made a mental note to express gratitude to the Trump administration. In a world facing the perils of environmental degradation, growing economic ...

DEAR ABBY: I lost my husband two months ago after a long, debilitating illness. I loved him very much, and the loss was very difficult, although not unexpected. After his funeral, an old friend called ...

If you believe the statistics, 50 people were murdered in the United States on Sept. 10, 2025. That is the average number of homicides per day in America. One of them was Robert Byrd II, 35, of San ...

If there’s one thing about our current political environment that has been grating on me these past few years, it’s watching one politician after another — on both sides, mind you — step up to the ...

In his 1946 essay, “Politics and the English Language,” George Orwell wrote, “In our age there is no such thing as ‘keeping out of politics.’ All issues are political issues…” Orwell was writing in ...

Some days I sniff, hack and cough so much that if you heard it from another room, you'd think an old ranch hand is choking on chewing tobacco and holler to see if the guy was all right. Some days I ...

GREAT BARRINGTON — Caprese Conyers staked Pittsfield High a two-goal halftime lead at Monument Mountain and the Generals finished out a positive week with a 4-1 road win in Grieve League play. PHS was ...

With all of the turmoil roiling the country, a new way to show your love for these 50 states is to get off the damned phone and mind-numbing social media channels. Instead, embrace reading. Most of ...

One of our brightest lights has dimmed. Mimi Barash Coppersmith joined the ancestors. She was 92. Much of the philanthropic activity in Happy Valley was bathed in the light of Mimi’s participation.

Let’s go back one hundred years. A president (Warren G. Harding) is mired in scandals. His cronies, appointed to powerful positions, are charged with crimes. Harding is accused of using hush money to ...