Opinion

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

Are we staring at a recession on the horizon? You have surely seen or heard reports, opinion, and speculation to that effect. Gloom has been a mini-rage lately. A few questions are in order. Are economists able to accurately predict recessions? No. If their accuracy percentages were batting averages, you would bench them. Why is

Each day, police officers put their lives on the line to protect our communities. From routine traffic stops to being the first to respond to an accident — their bravery protects us each day but their safety is not guaranteed. Accordingly, we should do all we can to protect officers from harm and harassment as

Democracy’s premise is that ordinary citizens can make solid decisions on complex issues. But this basic principle and the structure of laws and practices built over the centuries to safeguard it are being questioned as rarely before. It’s not just that political leaders in various western democracies seem to have little regard for the norms and

Perhaps the time has come for a bile holiday. Or a hatred holiday. Shortly after he was inaugurated, FDR declared a four-day bank holiday. This was after all the states declared bank holidays. The idea was to calm the turbulence caused by so many bank failures. I propose a bile holiday — to help clear

A basic element of well-crafted legislation is details. Well-written bills detail what parts of existing law will change, how the change will impact people, penalties if they apply, and include estimates of their fiscal impact. Such details, however, were nowhere to be found when New York’s so-called Climate Leadership and Community Protection Act passed the state