Letter: Vote for Someone Other Than Trump

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To the Editor:

I urge my Republican friends to vote for someone other than Donald Trump in November. His rallies are getting embarrassingly sparse and his speeches more hostile and confused. He's looking desperately for money, now selling poor-quality gold sneakers for $399. While Trump's online fans embrace him more tightly, more and more of the people who actually worked with Trump have broken with him, often issuing statements denouncing his motives, intellect, and patriotism.

Mike Pence is the most recent, but the list now includes William Barr, former attorney general (who compared him to a 9-year-old); former NSC Chairs Bolton and McMaster; former Defense Secretaries Mattis and Esper; former Chiefs of Staff Kelly and Mulvaney; former Secretary of State Tillerson; former Homeland Security chief Bossert; and former Chair of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, General Mark Milley, who referred to Trump as a "wannabe dictator." This level of rejection by former colleagues is unprecedented in American politics.

Are these people just cozying up to the Establishment "Uniparty," as his fans would have it? No. Most of them are retired from politics. It's just that they see the danger most clearly. General Milley is right. Trump's most constant refrain is his desire to hurt his critics, including traditional conservatives. Although Liz Cheney lost her Wyoming seat in Congress, he now wants her jailed for investigating him.

This man should not be president of the USA.

Jim Mahon
Williamstown, Mass.

 

 

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Clark Art Presents Outdoor Discussion Series

WILLIAMSTOWN, Mass. — This July and August, the Clark Art Institute presents a free series of educator-led examinations of the monumental sculptures in the outdoor exhibition Ground/work 2025.
 
The Ground/work 2025: A Close Look discussion series focuses on one artwork per tour. Through guided conversation and reflection, participants consider how each artist's work is in active dialogue with the Clark's natural environment. All tours take place at 1 pm and meet at the Lunder Center at Stone Hill unless otherwise noted.
 
July 26: Laura Ellen Bacon's Gathering My Thoughts
 
August 2: Aboubakar Fofana's Bana Yiriw ni Shi Folow (Trees and Seeds of Life)
 
August 9: Milena Naef's Three Times Spanning
 
August 16: Y? Akiyama's Oscillation: Vertical Garden
 
August 23: Hugh Hayden's the End
 
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