Category: Massachusetts

  • We need more doctors– Let’s make it easier for them to come here

    We clearly have a shortage of doctors in the Commonwealth and it’s even more severe in rural areas like western Mass. There is no easy solution for this, but there is a simple step which could help. One way we can make it easier for doctors to come practice here would be by increasing physician…

  • We All Have a Stake in Stopping Private Jet Expansion at Hanscom Airfield

    Indivisibles representing multiple Massachusetts communities have joined a coalition of local and environmental groups to stop an expansion of Hanscom Field in Bedford that would greatly increase private jet traffic in the area. Members of the coalition – called Stop Private Jet Expansion at Hanscom or Anywhere – include progressives, environmentalists, local community members, and…

  • “Moms for Liberty” and Book Banning

    Over the summer, I have been encouraged to see our local independent bookstores display “banned books,” so I was heartened by the idea that the Northampton area chapter of the League of Women Voters will include a special banned books section in its annual book sale on Sept. 30 Although this corner of Massachusetts has…

  • Money, the Second Amendment and A Westford Bylaw

    In my opinion, the NRA, the Supreme Court and federal courts have championed the idea that gun control legislation is a violation of Second Amendment rights because of money.  The influence of lobby money and “charitable” law school donations by those who profit from firearm sales shapes law school curricula, the lawyers and judges they…

  • Support Easthampton City Councilors standing up for freedom of information for women

    I’m writing to urge the public to support the brave Easthampton City Councilors as they work to pass Ordinance 6-23 (again), after Mayor LaChapelle recklessly vetoed it. First, this ordinance guarantees “Safe and fair access to legally protected reproductive and gender-affirming health care services” to the citizens of Easthampton.   Second, it aims to provide honest…