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On Jan. 6, 2021, we all sat stunned before our screens as domestic terrorists invaded the Capitol to attack the legal certification of our presidential election. The attack was instigated by constant lies from a defeated president. Now, 17 months...
“Your cadence is a little, it’s … not white. You don’t talk like a white person. Right? And that’s fine.” I can imagine the stunned silence when Easthampton Mayor Nicole LaChapelle recently made this inappropriate comment to an Easthampton...
We celebrated April Fools’ Day recently by reading social media posts and listening to our friends’ claims with a slightly more critical approach than usual. No one wants to fall for a foolish prank. Unfortunately, healthy skepticism doesn’t last...
Forty years ago, our college sociology professor brought several classes together for a role-playing game called Guns or Butter. We gathered in a large-windowed campus lounge and spread the game board and pieces across a large table bathed in winter...
Stumbling Through Adulthood by John Sheirer Janice Beetle Books Northampton writer John Sheirer has covered varied topics in his work: politics, public speaking, current events, personal memoirs and the joys of dog ownership. A longtime writing...