This article by Kyle S. Reyes has been shared by several of my conservative-leaning friends over the past couple of days. I read it because, in spite of my wild-eyed bleeding-heart progressive ways, I do respect my conservative friends and appreciate their points of view.
The Reyes article made me think — and made me hopeful for a way forward in this divisive political atmosphere. The piece is a cry for sanity and perspective, and an indictment of the media-politics industrial complex that thrives on conflict, identity politics, fear and hyperbole.
STATE HOUSE — The University of Massachusetts Board of Trustees is expected to take up tuition and fee rates at a pair of June meetings, setting the stage for what UMass President Marty Meehan has predicted could be a "reasonable" rate increase.
Tuition and fees will be on the agenda at a June 8 Committee on Administration and Finance meeting in Boston and a June 15 meeting of the full Board of Trustees in Worcester, a UMass spokesman confirmed.
