I feel obligated to apologize up front to Darryl Moss for imposing my own commentary onto his on-line article that we reproduced herein with Darryl’s permission. But I must confess, when his article was brought to my attention, I immediately arranged a phone meeting with him through a third party who understood that Darryl and…

Since the editor, Marjorie Hurst, and I have different creative inclinations based on our decidedly different temperaments and on my well known inclination to tell the “controversial” truth along with the “noncontroversial,” rather than trying to push Marjorie into writing the controversial truth about her rocky journey to becoming a member of Springfield School Committee,…

Say what you may about the late Raymond Jordan, love him or hate him, like him or fear him, he was the quintessential, charismatic Springfield Black man of his time. And he was a visionary which is why I often reflect on the difference between him and the current bench of Black (especially male) politicians…

I was mildly surprised by the response of some close friends and acquaintances who expressed surprise that Point of View placed a full-page ad submitted by candidate and State Representative Bud Williams in his 2024 winning election against Johnny McKnight on a prominent page in our October issue just weeks before the early November election.