NEW YORK — The U.S. Federal Reserve will review its rules governing personal investments after two policy makers disclosed transactions that raised both eyebrows and issues of potential impropriety. Read More ⇒
WATERTOWN — Of those who claim they have a valid reason for not being vaccinated against the novel coronavirus, health care employees have the weakest argument. Read More ⇒
Today is the first day of autumn. Read More ⇒
POTSDAM — My name is Ben Hull, and it has been my distinct privilege to serve as director of the Center for Cancer Care at Canton-Potsdam Hospital for the last four years. However, I reluctantly and regretfully submitted my resignation Aug. 30. Read More ⇒
What do you do when a president is crazy? Read More ⇒
WATERTOWN — I am writing in response to state Assemblyman Kenneth Blankenbush’s letter of Sept. 9. Read More ⇒
JERSEY CITY, N.J. — Amidst alarming news of the Delta variant and ongoing COVID-19 relief efforts, we must not overlook how recent legislation brought about a monumental, generation-defining shift to help people in prison successfully re-enter society. Read More ⇒
BERLIN — Remember how, in late 2018, the Financial Times declared “techlash” — the backlash against the giant U.S. technology companies and all they represent — word of the year? Read More ⇒
Today has been designated as National Thank You Day. Read More ⇒
WATERTOWN — Passions raised as a result of the terrorist attacks on Sept. 11, 2001, bore testimony to the pain Americans felt at seeing our country subjected to such barbarity. Read More ⇒
FORT WORTH, Texas — Last Wednesday, Lila Rose, the founder of anti-abortion group Live Action, euphorically tweeted, “It’s a beautiful day in Texas, which is on its way to being abortion-free.” Read More ⇒
As the news shifts, many Americans may think the Afghan war is over. Read More ⇒
WASHINGTON — As the leading advocate for Fort Drum and the 10th Mountain Division in the U.S. House of Representatives, I am proud to have secured several provisions last week in the National Defense Authorization Act for fiscal year 2022 that will benefit Fort Drum, our north country milita… Read More ⇒
NEW YORK — In March, a Chinese military satellite appeared to spontaneously disintegrate in orbit, leaving a trail of debris high above the Earth. Read More ⇒
GEORGETOWN, Texas (Tribune News Service) — Generally, I’m not impressed by descriptions of current phenomena in terms of the past. Read More ⇒
This Saturday is the 20th anniversary of the 9/11 terrorist attack. Read More ⇒
BLACK RIVER — On Wednesday, Albany Democrats shamelessly extended the eviction moratorium through Jan. 15, 2022. Not only was this decision reckless, but it was unnecessary. Read More ⇒
SPRINGFIELD, Va. — America’s working men and women have faced unprecedented challenges over the course of the pandemic, and on Labor Day we shouldn’t only be remembering their dedication but redoubling our efforts to protect their individual rights in the workplace. Read More ⇒
It’s been five years since I first speculated in this space about the end of American democracy. Read More ⇒
North Korea appears to have restarted its nuclear reactor, enabling it to augment its ongoing production of approximately seven or more nuclear weapons per year. Pyongyang’s missiles and nuclear weapons have long garnered fear, international condemnation, and tough sanctions. Read More ⇒
NORFOLK, Va. — It was a blazing-hot day when PETA’s fieldworker found her. Read More ⇒
NEW YORK — It’s heartbreaking when a person is seriously injured or killed by a dog, and it’s natural to want to do something to make sure it never happens again. Read More ⇒
DALLAS (Tribune News Service) — In the 14 years since she first became speaker of the House, Nancy Pelosi has performed some impressive political rescue missions. Read More ⇒
FORT WORTH, Texas (Tribune News Service) — Driving home [Aug. 25] after our first day of co-op schooling, I felt overwhelmingly grateful. Read More ⇒
A few weeks ago a friend told me to circle the date of Sept. 3 for a concert featuring jazz. Read More ⇒
WATERTOWN — Stalwart supporters of Andrew Cuomo gave me a lesson in loyalty last week. Read More ⇒
He said many profound things that day. Read More ⇒
NEW YORK — The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change’s latest report has confirmed much that we already knew: Read More ⇒
WASHINGTON — When it comes to COVID-19, too many prominent Republicans are acting like theirs is not the party of limited government and personal responsibility. Read More ⇒
As a child I remember the glass, quart jars along the shelves as I would walk down the steps into my grandparents’ basement in their home in Skaneateles. Read More ⇒
TRIBUNE NEWS SERVICE — By acting nobly on slavery, Abraham Lincoln once said, America could be “the last best hope of Earth.” But right now we look more like the United States of incompetence. Read More ⇒
It was haunting, perhaps more so after our own Surfside tragedy, to see Haitian men lifting big chunks of rubble with their bare hands to reach survivors. Read More ⇒
Last week, at least two men fell from a U.S. military plane as it climbed into the skies above Afghanistan. Read More ⇒
In March 1975, an American president was fighting to save an American ally from being overrun by an implacable enemy. The North Vietnamese Army, mounting a massive conventional strike on the Army of the Republic of Vietnam, was plunging closer to Saigon. Read More ⇒
WASHINGTON (Tribune News Service) — Joe Biden, never one for subtlety or secrecy, has been known since his veep days as this capital city’s most outspoken insider who wanted in the worst way to end America’s un-won and unwinnable war in Afghanistan. Read More ⇒
BLACK RIVER — Last week, when news broke of the governor’s resignation, I was in Albany at a roundtable listening to testimony regarding the Climate and Community Investment Act. Read More ⇒
ALBANY — For nearly 50 years, the Pell Grant has been the centerpiece of federal student aid, helping individuals most in need of financial support to attend the college or university of their choice. Read More ⇒
NEW YORK — Reebok may not be the old man shoe for long. Read More ⇒
NEW YORK — The Taliban would like the world to know that they’re no longer the child-bride-marrying mass murderers that they used to be. Read More ⇒
GEORGETOWN, Texas (Tribune News Service) — The fall of Afghanistan was predictable, but even the most pessimistic foreign policy experts must be surprised by the rapidly developing momentum of the Taliban’s push to establish complete control of the country. Read More ⇒
Our home has been filled with joy this week. Read More ⇒
How many times must the world’s scientific community warn that climate catastrophe is coming before the world’s governments and citizens listen? A new United Nations report paints the most dire picture yet, predicting that the recent years’ unprecedented increases in global average temperatu… Read More ⇒
“Nothing in all the world is more dangerous than sincere ignorance and conscientious stupidity.” Read More ⇒
“Apply for our annual Latino scholarship!” ... “Enter our Hispanic essay contest!” ... “Now hiring minorities!” Read More ⇒
WATERTOWN — Since Andrew Cuomo announced he would resign as governor effective Aug. 24, many Democrats have been patting themselves on the back. Read More ⇒
CAMBRIDGE, Mass. — Joe Biden may have humanitarian motives for extending the Centers for Disease Control eviction ban that the Supreme Court has already deemed unlawful. But it is both bad constitutional law and bad constitutional politics to flout the court’s judgment — especially because J… Read More ⇒
WASHINGTON — A dearth of workers is slowing our recovery from the economic devastation wrought by COVID-19. Read More ⇒
TRIBUNE NEWS SERVICE — A talk show producer was calling him sexy; his instructive, caring, humorous press conferences on COVID-19 had won him an Emmy; a publisher was paying him $5 million for a book he wrote about his leadership excellence; and many had him pegged as a future president. Read More ⇒
WATERTOWN — As the board chair of the United Way of New York State, I’ve seen firsthand the effectiveness of our 33 United Way members in serving their communities during the novel coronavirus pandemic. Read More ⇒
The past few weeks’ television viewing and visiting among friends have centered on the Olympics. Read More ⇒
