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WMassP&I Welcomes Linda Matys O’Connell as Arts & Culture Correspondent…

SPRINGFIELD—Western Mass Politics & Insight Editor-in-chief Matt Szafranski announced today that local activist and veteran journalist Linda Matys O’Connell has joined the longstanding political blog to helm its new coverage of arts in Springfield and the Pioneer Valley. O’Connell will cover the region’s arts &

EDITOR’S NOTE: A Step Back before the Next Step Forward…

An article I recently read in The New York Times Magazine profiled Miri Regev, the Israeli Minister of Culture & Sport. It described her attempts to direct cultural spending away from the traditional artistic elite—principally based in Tel Aviv—in the context of both her right-wing