Opinion

There are countless reasons why I feel fortunate to live Upstate. The “Summer of Hell” New York City commuters are facing is now among them. The deterioration of the city’s mass transit system has resulted in daily subway delays, overcrowded stations, riders trapped on trains, and ongoing chaotic events. The situation is adversely affecting the quality […]

The U.S. Senate on July 25 voted down a partial repeal of Obamacare, then an attempt at a “skinny repeal” failed in the early hours of July 28. Even though the American people voted into office many politicians who promised a full and complete repeal, many of those same lawmakers, perhaps for political reasons, are

Would you like it if your apartment building had its own court? Your neighbor could accuse you of a crime and haul you into court — where a jury could convict you and punish you. We have the equivalent of that at many of our universities. These schools have created any number of “laws” to

Sen. Mike Lee (R–Utah) and Sen. Jerry Moran (R–Kan.) recently dealt a blow to Obamacare “repeal and replace” efforts [on July 17] when they announced they would not vote for the latest version of the Better Care Reconciliation Act. Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell, at press time, was trying to schedule a vote to repeal

It is we who are lucky he came here His name is Kanu. He was swabbing the floor at a Dunkin’ Donuts just before closing. I kidded him. And he hit me with a comment and a look on his face that nearly knocked me off my stool. I had watched him pluck donuts from

It is critical that state government supports New York’s small businesses. They make up the backbone of New York state by creating jobs and driving their respective local economies.  According to information from the U.S. Small Business Association in Forbes, small businesses generate 54 percent of all U.S. sales. That’s a huge portion of all sales

Think carefully about the consequences of government health care   M  any Americans are willing to give  p an important liberty. They  on’t realize it, but they are. They are happy to accept government health care. Total government health care. They bandy about terms like “socialized medicine,” “national health service,” and “single payer.” The single

I’ll be the first to admit that when it comes to journalism, I’m a traditionalist.  ld-fashioned, even. But I don’t think it’s a coincidence that even while confidence in the media drops to new lows and Time magazine feels moved to wonder “Is Truth Dead?” on its cover, huge numbers of Americans have come to

New York state is a difficult state to govern in light of the upstate-down state divide. This divide generally, but not always, translates into differing policy priorities between the more populated areas of the state versus the less populated regions. The suburbs often represent the swing vote swaying between a more conservative or a more

Are Americans exceptional — compared with people of other countries? We often see or hear this question around this time of year. I usually change the subject. To the question of whether our country is exceptional. It is, I think. Exceptional in how it was created. Exceptional in who created it. The Founding Fathers were