Opinion

Spend like tomorrow is just another day.  Our nation faces gigantic debt and unbalanced budgets for decades to come.  Let us consider that over-spending. Do you imagine Congress might ever, ever, spend less than what comes in? What are you smoking? You must also imagine that all student drinking is legal. Congress and students behave […]

I love New York State. Our diverse natural resources offer opportunities with which not many other states can compete. We have the beautiful mountains of the Adirondacks and Catskills. We have access to the Atlantic Ocean, Niagara Falls, two Great Lakes, the St. Lawrence River, and the beautiful Finger Lakes. We have the rolling hills

You’re probably chuckling already. Seriously? “The joy of politics”?  That was pretty much the reaction I got the other day when, in the middle of a conversation about how confrontational, adversarial, and downright unpleasant politics has become of late, I suggested that it could be both fun and a source of satisfaction. Yes, of course

Gov. Andrew Cuomo tried to take advantage of the people of New York, and they weren’t having it. New Yorkers made sure the governor’s office knew they were not going to put up with an insulting $25 fee to replace license plates when the cost of the plates is nominal and the need to replace

A wave of protests is roiling Moscow. Millions of people, young and old, have been crowding the streets in Hong Kong. In Britain, some members of the Conservative Party took to open revolt over Prime Minister Boris Johnson’s move to sideline Parliament on Brexit. If democracy is dysfunctional and, on the ropes, worldwide, as many

Direct-care professionals provide their communities with an invaluable service, and their tireless dedication and commitment to the well-being of the disability community continues to improve the quality of life for those who have difficulty caring for themselves. The recent Direct Support Professional Recognition Week, which took place from Sept. 8-14, recognized and supported those who do

For years, advocates who self-define as environmentalists have argued that New Yorkers must lessen their reliance on fossil fuels. Their first targets were any facilities that generated electricity by burning coal — and, now, as a result of their advocacy, New York has either closed or converted its coal plants to natural gas.  Next on

Sometimes, you wonder if the world is doomed to descend into autocracy. Certainly, that’s what the coverage of the past few years suggests. We read about the nations that are already there, like China and Russia, of course, and Saudi Arabia and Iran. Or about countries like Hungary, Turkey, and Poland that are nominally democratic

We’ve reached the time of year where college students [have made] their way back to campus. [Classes have started] and young men and women are [embarking on] another year of coursework. But today’s college students have to consider more than academic preparations. More and more often, they are dealing with significant financial preparations for the

The City of Fulton received some fantastic news in August when it was named the regional winner of this year’s $10 million Downtown Revitalization Initiative (DRI) state grant. This is the second time a community in Oswego County has been awarded the DRI funding in three years. In 2016, the City of Oswego was among