Of course, I’m repeating myself in endorsing Bud Williams for state representative which we published two issues ago. To our amusement, that endorsement spawned some comical social media reactions from some discontents who seemed to think we didn’t have the right to publish our preference for our thoughtfully chosen candidate. My advice for those wasting…

Former Springfield Mayor Michael Albano (who now lives in Longmeadow) insulted every single member of Springfield’s Black community (including Bud Williams) when he declared Bud Williams as its “unquestioned torch holder” while writing about many of the recent community and political leaders who have died as though he knows more about them and our community…

I feel obligated to apologize up front to Darryl Moss for imposing my own commentary onto his on-line article that we reproduced herein with Darryl’s permission. But I must confess, when his article was brought to my attention, I immediately arranged a phone meeting with him through a third party who understood that Darryl and…

Since the editor, Marjorie Hurst, and I have different creative inclinations based on our decidedly different temperaments and on my well known inclination to tell the “controversial” truth along with the “noncontroversial,” rather than trying to push Marjorie into writing the controversial truth about her rocky journey to becoming a member of Springfield School Committee,…