BY DAN VALENTI PLANET VALENTI NEWS AND COMMENTARY (FORTRESS OF SOLITUDE, SEPT. 28, 2026) — A Star is Born. THE PLANET speaks of the Bitchfield city councilor from Ward 2, Cam “Bam” Cunningham. Some of the more superstitious types at Pity Hall think Cam Bam is Charles Kronick come back from the political dead, you […]
BY DAN VALENTI PLANET VALENTI NEWS AND COMMENTARY (FORTRESS OF SOLITUDE, THE WEEKEND EDITION SEPT. 25-7, 2026) — Some thoughts to ponder in the rain and sun: Online Peril: THE PLANET wouldn’t know Presley Gerber from Elvis Presley or the Gerber Baby, but we do know of Cindy Crawford, the supermodel. Gerber, Crawford’s son, died […]
BY DAN VALENTI PLANET VALENTI NEWS AND COMMENTARY (FORTRESS OF SOLITUDE, WEDNESDAY SEPT. 23, 2026) — THE PLANET could not exist without sources. We like to say we have contact in every city office and department. Not all of them will speak for publication, some refuse entirely, and almost no one will go on the […]
BY DAN VALENTI PLANET VALENTI NEWS AND COMMENTARY (FORTRESS OF SOLITUDE, THE WEEKEND EDITION SEPT. 18-20, 2026) — And so THE PLANET tries once again to set the agenda with a serious, little-discussed issue, hoping against hope that it may stimulate and daresay even advance public discussion and therefore awareness. That’s asking much from any […]
BY DAN VALENTI PLANET VALENTI NEWS AND COMMENTARY (FORTRESS OF SOLITUDE, WEDNESDAY SEPT. 16, 2026) — One of the more silly and amusing debates, or what passes for debate, on the Bitchfield city council involved drones. Yes, our Right Honorable Good Friends wasted hours of taxpayer funded electricity to keep the lights on in a […]
BY DAN VALENTI PLANET VALENTI NEWS AND COMMENTARY (FORTRESS OF SOLITUDE, THE WEEKEND EDITION SEPT. 11-3, 2026) — It was 25 years ago that terrorists left Boston’s Logan Airport, flew over the Berkshires, and took down Manhattan’s Twin Towers. It was this century’s Pearl Harbor and JFK Assassination. THE PLANET was live on the air […]
BY DAN VALENTI PLANET VALENTI NEWS AND COMMENTARY (FORTRESS OF SOLITUDE, WEDNESDAY SEPT. 9, 2026) — “Small potatoes.” That’s how Donald Trump described the latest rekindling with the on-again, off-again, on-again pan of hash browns in Iran. Trump should know about potatoes. You remember how during Campaign 2024 he manned the French fry station at […]
BY DAN VALENTI PLANET VALENTI NEWS AND COMMENTARY (FORTRESS OF SOLITUDE, THE WEEKEND EDITION SEPT. 4-6, 2026) — THE PLANET has received a lot of feedback from our interview with Commander X, a mid-level command officer of the Pittsfield Police Department. Most of it has been from ordinary citizens, thanking us for sharing the info […]
BY DANVALENTI PLANET VALENTI NEWS AND COMMENTARY (FORTRESS OF SOLITUDE, WEDNESDAY SEPT. 2, 2026) — We are asking our police, fire fighters, and teachers to be nannies, psychiatrists, and social workers for an entire generation of parents who have failed in their prime responsibility. THE PLANET recently talked with a member of the PPD command […]
