Sitemap - 2023 - Tom Lynch's Letters from the Berkshires

The rising tide in Florida

The war in Gaza: Israel’s high wire act with not a net in sight

We are repeating a colossal mistake made more than 260 years ago.

If you want easy answers, don’t look here

A Thanksgiving Offering

A boyhood trip remembered

Examining the colossal threat of Donald Trump

A Veterans Day Reprise: The Calendar, The Nuts, And A Long-Ago Time In A Faraway Place

Why do Americans feel good about their local communities, but bad about the nation?

Can Israel Solve Its No Exit Problem?

We need to rescue public health in America. Here’s something worth trying.

Republicans settle on a Speaker – Somebody named Johnson

We are now two countries, and we might as well admit it.

Healthcare in America is in a deep crisis with few viable options

An Israeli Trail of Tears

The biggest question at the end of the week that was: What do we do now?

What will a Republican government shutdown do to our men and women in uniform?

Thoughts about this crazy week in Washington DC

Correction and Update regarding Senator Bob Menendez

New Jersey Senator Bob Menendez is indicted (again!) for bribery and corruption

The High Plains Grifter Free To Grift Again

What Are Republican Candidates For President Saying About Crime, And Is Any Of It True?

Electric Vehicles Will Change A Lot More Than How You Get Your Power And Where You Fill Up

The Mississippi Delta: A Third World Country In The Heart Of America

Senator Tommy Tuberville Is Weakening Our Military Preparedness And Violating His Constitutional Oath

Will The Inexorable Movement Of A Changing Climate Finally Force Us To Change With It?

Medicare Drug Negotiation Moves Forward With Announcement Of First Ten Most Expensive Drugs

Another Penny Drops. This Makes Four.

Two Campaign Updates From...Where else? The Florida Of Ron DeSantis

Israel: On The Cliff At The Edge Of Democracy

A Witch’s Brew Florida

Weekend Bits and Pieces

The Trials Of Donald Trump

How Medicare’s Drug Prices Could Have Been Half What They Are

Where Does The Medicare Drug Price Negotiation War Stand Now?

The March To The Sea

The story of Reginald Lee

How Putin, misreading the past, has gone horribly wrong

Around the country parents are trying to stifle what children learn. This time it’s in South Carolina.

What’s Trump’s Excuse?

Trump’s Indictment: Shameful Beyond Words

Greed On A Grand Scale

A Weekend Potpourri Of Things You Might Have Missed

Will Our Debt Ceiling Crisis Put A Knife Through The Heart of America’s Public Health System?

Does Ron DeSantis Actually Believe In What He Says And Does?

Fifty-one Years Of Stuff

A Pause In Israel’s Judicial Changes, But At What Price?

A Sad Update And One Sweet Diversion

Has The Past Become Prologue Again?

Time And Time Again, It’s Hubris That Does Us In

The Calendar, The Nuts, And A Long-Ago Time In A Far-Away Place.

Updates On Recent Stories I Covered

Ukraine: One Year In And It’s 1915 All Over Again

The Roger Ailes Road To Shame And Infamy, Twenty-Five Years In The Making

Israel: A Democracy Facing A Judicial Disaster

Maternal Mortality In America: The American Rescue Plan Act of 2021 Is Here To Help

Mississippi: Continuing To Lead From The Rear

What’s The Truth About Violent Crime In America?

Gun Violence: A Uniquely American Disease Devouring Our Soul

Florida’s Governor Ron DeSantis Builds His Educational Petrie Dish

Martin Luther King—Sharing The Spotlight With Confederate “Heroes”

Big Oil's 50-Year Deception Revealed. It Is "Breathtaking."

Mike Pence And His Book Deal Shenanigans

Once More Unto The Mayhem