Thursday February 4, 2010 The Berkshire Regional Planning Commission was right to admonish Minuteman Wind LLC, developer of five proposed turbines on West Hill in Savoy, for submitting shoddy and incomplete plans for the project to state environmental officials (Transcript story, Feb. 2). The yahoos are already out in force, especially online, calling the planning commission anti-wind, but   Full Story

This letter is in response to "Pasachoff joining a team of skeptics," a Transcript story about Williams College professor Jay Pasachoff on Feb. 5: Professor Pasachoff is a skeptic, as am I Š to the extent that one of my guiding precepts is: "The quality of your life and your understanding of the world will be determined by the quality of the questions that you ask.   Full Story

Yes kids, it's once again time for that magical moment that we call the Johnnie Carrier Mailbag. Let's check out what you, the reader, have on your mind. And I do mean you, the reader, since the mailbag contained only one stinking letter: Dear Johnnie, I hate my job. But I was raised not to be a quitter.   Full Story