by From Our Readers | Sep 22, 2015 | Letters from our Readers, News
Jazz Festival marred by ‘loud mouths’ It was impossible not to notice that during the painstaking and brilliant jazz performances occurring Saturday afternoon on the main stage of the Northampton Jazz Festival, a constant din of beer-induced mouth-noise loomed over...
by From Our Readers | Sep 14, 2015 | Letters from our Readers, News
Change the conversation with #EachLifeMatters I am a black man who is troubled by #BlackLivesMatter. A human being is a microcosm of humanity, yet as Father Zossima remarks in The Brothers Karamazov, “It is easy to love mankind, but much more difficult to love a...
by Kristin Palpini | Sep 8, 2015 | Letters from our Readers, News
No time for a tree house Very seldom do I read an article in the Advocate that makes me want to respond. My first and last thought to this article, “Let Brandon Have His Tree House Already,” Aug. 27-Sept. 2, 2015, was where is this author’s head. Before people get...
by From Our Readers | Sep 1, 2015 | Letters from our Readers, News
Sanders is a champion of the working class Bernie Sanders, in contrast to the last five American presidents, is like a soothing summer breeze (“Citizen Sanders,” Aug.13-19, 2015). He has no cloaked agenda. With Sanders everything is up front for you to like or...
by From Our Readers | Aug 25, 2015 | Letters from our Readers, News
Social good or Catholic bashing? In a coincidental twist, right before coming across Editor Kristin Palpini’s article, “Catholic Church Shirks Duty to Aging Religious,” Aug. 6-12, 2015, I read that the Diocese of Springfield donated $1 million dollars to the Sisters...