That, as you may recall, was the explanation attorney Joseph Hurley offered last week at a court hearing for his client, accused Capitol insurrectionist Anthony Antonio, who is facing five federal charges for his role in the attack. “You want war?” he reportedly yelled to police. “We got war… Read More ⇒
Tuesday has been designated as National Pack Rat Day. As I saw that notation on my iPad this week, I wondered two things: What might the description of a Pack Rat be, and how on earth would one celebrate that particular day? Read More ⇒
FORT WORTH, Texas (Tribune News Service) — Southlake is not the most unlikely place for a showdown over critical race theory. Read More ⇒
As America beats back COVID-19 with vaccines, the catastrophe in India reminds us that much of the world’s population has yet to receive a shot. Read More ⇒
WATERTOWN — The beauty of it all overwhelmed her. Read More ⇒
WASHINGTON — As President Biden addressed a joint session of Congress recently, he highlighted a fundamental truth about his American Jobs Plan. Read More ⇒
WASHINGTON — The Biden administration is promoting its American Jobs Plan as an “infrastructure” proposal. Read More ⇒
LOS ANGELES (Tribune News Service) — The big story on Fox News recently was Joe Biden’s purported “war on meat” — a breathless disclosure that the president plans to limit every American to 4 pounds of steaks a year. Read More ⇒
Recently, I told you about my fascination watching the Cornell Lab Live Bird Cam where those interested could watch the red-tailed hawks build their nest, lay their eggs and wait patiently until those three eggs hatched. Read More ⇒
Americans’ trust in the national news media is low and getting worse. Mainstream journalism has lost the respect of much of the public, though soul-searching and changes by the industry could reverse this trend. Read More ⇒
WATERTOWN — Journalists recently regained in-person access to Gov. Andrew Cuomo after a hiatus of several months. Read More ⇒
OGDENSBURG — I spend a lot of time thinking and wondering when my Democratic Party is going to stop being so negative against everything Ogdensburg and start supporting the progressive vision we have For a Better Ogdensburg. It just strikes me, unfortunately, that the majority of our opposit… Read More ⇒
LOS ANGELES (Tribune News Service) — A president’s first 100 days are an arbitrary benchmark, a point of measurement journalists are fond of because it allows us to draw comparisons between the current officeholder and Franklin D. Roosevelt, the last chief executive whose first three months … Read More ⇒
CANTON — April is Sexual Assault Awareness Month. It is always the goal of Sexual Assault Awareness Month to raise awareness about sexual violence and to educate communities and individuals on how to prevent sexual violence. Read More ⇒
Arbor Day will be celebrated on Friday. Read More ⇒
WATERTOWN — No one should be at all surprised by this fact, but there are many things that I simply don’t know. Read More ⇒
Sitting far away in the White House, President Joe Biden recently cheered for a union to be formed at an Amazon warehouse in Alabama. By a two-to-one vote, workers said no thanks, that they weren’t all that upset by this whiz of a company and would rather work out any differences without ano… Read More ⇒
COVID-19 is going to kill more people in 2021 than it did last year. If you want to see why, look at what’s happening in India. Read More ⇒
WASHINGTON — Moving away from a gas tax as we move to electric cars is a common sense measure that can have large environmental benefits. Read More ⇒
WASHINGTON — It’s plain that the federal gas tax is past its sell-by date. Read More ⇒
GEORGETOWN, Texas (Tribune News Service) — Full disclosure: I like trains. Read More ⇒
LOS ANGELES (Tribune News Service) — When President Joe Biden announced last week that the United States would withdraw its last troops from Afghanistan by Sept. 11, he cast the decision as closing the book on a 20-year conflict. Read More ⇒
When the mail arrived at our Bombay home on Monday, there was a handwritten envelope included. Read More ⇒
WATERTOWN — At what point in its history did the United States transform from a constitutional republic to an empire? Read More ⇒
COLDEN — Since 1871 the Civil Rights Act has held state and local officials — including police officers—legally liable for damages if their actions violate a citizen’s Constitutional rights. Read More ⇒
LOS ANGELES (Tribune News Service) — After a year of angry battles over lockdowns, mask mandates and vaccinations, a new front has opened in the coronavirus culture war: Read More ⇒
DALLAS (Tribune News Service) — In the fall of 1966, Democratic members of the historic 89th Congress were eager to return home to begin midterm election campaigning. Read More ⇒
Numerous television talk shows and news broadcasts have included a segment featuring a Texas beekeeper, Erika Thompson. Read More ⇒
WATERTOWN — In his Wednesday column for the Times Union in Albany, Chris Churchill nicely articulated what many of us were thinking. Read More ⇒
ASHLAND, Ohio — March 16 was the birthday of a little man who made a huge impact on America. Read More ⇒
WASHINGTON — Thomas Jefferson wrote once that “government is the strongest of which every man feels himself a part.” Read More ⇒
TRIBUNE NEWS SERVICE — Joe Biden wants to help us all, although he hasn’t figured out how to do it yet. Read More ⇒
WASHINGTON — On Jan. 6, a violent mob of insurrectionists stormed the U.S. Capitol in an attempt to overturn our country’s 2020 presidential election. Read More ⇒
SAN FRANCISCO — The U.S. election and its dramatic aftermath have elevated the debate about how to deal with online mis- and disinformation, lies and extremism. Read More ⇒
Every time I stopped to visit a friend at her nursing home room, I was amazed by the beauty of a seasonally decorated evergreen tree in her room. Read More ⇒
WATERTOWN — There’s no doubt that corrections personnel throughout the state’s penal system confront an uphill battle in keeping contraband from reaching inmates. Read More ⇒
FORT WORTH, Texas (Tribune News Service) — Back in September, I wrote about how in the midst of the pandemic, there was a lot of good news that wasn’t getting much coverage. Read More ⇒
EVANS MILLS — Martin Luther of Protestant Reformation fame once wrote: Read More ⇒
DALLAS (Tribune News Service) — In its first weeks in office, the Biden administration showed it prepared well to tackle the yearlong COVID-19 pandemic. Read More ⇒
There was a recent trip to Massena. Read More ⇒
When he was running for president in 2016, Donald Trump said he was going to build a 1,000-mile concrete wall, maybe 30 feet high, on the southern border, and that Mexico would pay for it. The idea, meant to halt gobs of illegal immigration, was outlandish, empty-headed and abandoned. Read More ⇒
BLACK RIVER — For more than a year now, our restaurant and bar owners have been subject to ever-changing regulations from the executive mansion. Gov. Andrew Cuomo has put more than 8,000 restaurants and bars out of business since the start of the novel coronavirus pandemic. Read More ⇒
