FORT WORTH, Texas (Tribune News Service) — A few years back, the now disgraced comedian Louis C.K. had a viral bit about how “everything is amazing and no one is happy.” Read More ⇒
DALLAS (Tribune News Service) — The effort to provide additional relief for victims of the [novel coronavirus] pandemic has become the poster child for what’s wrong with the legislative process. Read More ⇒
Publisher’s note: This is an op-ed written by Watertown Mayor Jeffrey M. Smith in response to editorials in which this newspaper asked the City Council to delay its decision to close the Fairgrounds pool. It is published here because our Sunday opinion page was completed at the time of submission. Read More ⇒
The American Cemetery at Normandy sits on a bluff overlooking the beach where, on June 6, 1944, American soldiers waded ashore to begin the invasion of France. The old battlefield is marked with shell craters and gun pits offering mute testimony to the fury of that day. In the cemetery itsel… Read More ⇒
WATERTOWN — Some television viewers who had for years received their programming for free rebelled against the notion of paying for “cable TV.” Read More ⇒
TRIBUNE NEWS SERVICE — “Early to bed, early to rise, makes a man wealthy, healthy and wise,” is a saying of Benjamin Franklin’s, meaning he must have gone to bed early. Read More ⇒
GEORGETOWN, Texas (Tribune News Service) — My nominee for Patriot of the Week is Lauren Victor, in acknowledgement of her public demonstration of that most American of characteristics, the perverse determination to do what she wants to do, even in the face of intimidation, threats, peer pres… Read More ⇒
PHILADELPHIA (Tribune News Service) — On Friday, President Donald Trump said the United States had no proof yet that the most prominent Russian opposition leader had been poisoned by the Kremlin. Read More ⇒
The date on Friday’s calendar will proclaim it to be Sept. 11, a date we must always remember. Read More ⇒
Cynthia M. Allen: Hate, misinformation over coronavirus and race led me to take a social media break
FORT WORTH, Texas (Tribune News Service) — About halfway through lockdown, I deleted Facebook and Twitter from my iPhone. Read More ⇒
WATERTOWN — The next time someone says, “You get what you pay for,” listen to them! Read More ⇒
Armed militias have been the classic tool of authoritarian regimes in for the past century, from Hitler’s brown shirts to Iran’s Revolutionary Guards. Read More ⇒
DALLAS (Tribune News Service) — As fireworks soared over the National Mall and the Republican Convention ended, contrasting scenes on the two sides of the White House South Lawn fence exemplified the rival calculations Joe Biden and Donald Trump are making to win the 2020 election. Read More ⇒
TRIBUNE NEWS SERVICE — The times are so strange, so confusing, so upside-down that it is easy to miss what counted most at the two national political conventions conducted under coronavirus conditions. Read More ⇒
COLTON — The future looks grim for the homeowners of the town of Colton. Read More ⇒
Yesterday, I turned my datebook to a new page — a new month has begun. Read More ⇒
It comes early in an African American life. Read More ⇒
WATERTOWN — It seemed absurd that a sitting member of Congress would demand journalists take her seriously while berating a political rival for the “scandal” she manufactured last week. Read More ⇒
Oct. 12 — After breakfast, we stopped at the town of Grindavik at the Search and Rescue operation there. All of their services are free, including helicopter services if needed, supported by funding by local businesses and patrons. After our briefing, we were outfitted with coveralls and hel… Read More ⇒
EVANS MILLS — The year 2020 has unfolded beyond what anyone could imagine. Read More ⇒
During the past few months, there have been numerous articles read and television segments watched that promote mediation and relaxation through crafting. Read More ⇒
CAMBRIDGE, Mass. (Tribune News Service) — President Donald Trump is pressuring Attorney General William Barr to announce the results of the ongoing Russia probe, which would violate Department of Justice guidelines designed to prevent the department from influencing elections. Read More ⇒
Donald Trump’s wife, who famously stole parts of her 2016 address to the Republican National Convention from a speech Michelle Obama gave before the Democrats in 2008, won’t find much to work with in Obama’s latest oration. That’s because the speech, a galvanizing capstone to the surprisingl… Read More ⇒
DALLAS (Tribune News Service) — Joe Biden’s choice of Sen. Kamala Harris as his running mate and this week’s national party convention are giving the Democrats their biggest burst of positive national publicity in many months. Read More ⇒
TRIBUNE NEWS SERVICE — The way [Aug. 13] started off, President Donald Trump seemed to be smack dab in the middle of perhaps the worst day of his worst week of his worst month as president. Read More ⇒
TRIBUNE NEWS SERVICE — President Donald Trump trembles at the thought of required mail-in ballots in every state this election year, and half of everyone else trembles at the thought of President Trump. Read More ⇒
WATERTOWN — A New York official concluded a probe into a mock slave auction last year at a local school without interviewing a primary witness: the teacher who came up with the idea that resulted in this controversy. Read More ⇒
In a television interview, actor Kyle MacLachlan described an upcoming role in the movie “Tesla,” which is to be released this Friday. Read More ⇒
Editor’s note: Sometimes it seems that 2020 has it out for us. The good news of graduations and school sports were just a whisper. The pandemic has kept us from our friends and families and curtailed the everyday interactions that define our humanity. We know there are good news stories out … Read More ⇒
WATERTOWN — When he spoke at Jefferson Community College in Watertown in 2018, journalist Leonard Pitts Jr. drew a huge crowd. Read More ⇒
FORT WORTH (Tribune News Service) — Early during the coronavirus pandemic, Father Ray McDaniel found himself in an unusually quiet hospital, there to do something he’d done a hundred times before — administer last rites to a dying man. Read More ⇒
POTSDAM — Law enforcement is a calling. Read More ⇒
Oct. 8 — Icelanders have found many uses for the cheap, if not free, energy available from their geothermal sources. Our first stop was at an area where pits dug in the ground are used for baking bread. In our instance, a representative of a local restaurant greeted us and demonstrated how t… Read More ⇒
WATERTOWN — Could my lifelong vegetable-poor diet be linked to my lack of interest in gardening? Read More ⇒
In the middle of a pandemic, Grace United Methodist Church on Route 37C found joy. Read More ⇒
WATERTOWN — In an effort to avoid one illness, some people in the north country are wallowing in another. Read More ⇒
The COVID-19 crisis has had a detrimental effect on just about every aspect of our society. Its insidious and prevalent nature has changed how we interact with each other in every facet of life. Read More ⇒
TRIBUNE NEWS SERVICE — So now we know. Read More ⇒
GEORGETOWN, Texas (Tribune News Service) — “How does it become a man to behave toward this American government to-day?” This is a question that Henry David Thoreau asked in 1848 as he considered his relationship to an administration that he thoroughly detested. Read More ⇒
WATERTOWN — Even during a health care crisis, horrible doctors need to be exposed for the charlatans they are. Read More ⇒
My day begins with breakfast shared with The Gardener, a cup of coffee in hand and NBC’s “Today” program announcing the news of the day. Read More ⇒
WATERTOWN — How ironic that many people believe face coverings won’t thwart viruses but will impede oxygen flow! Read More ⇒
CAMBRIDGE, Mass. (Tribune News Service) — The news that Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg is being treated for a recurrence of cancer is striking terror in the hearts of liberals. Read More ⇒
WASHINGTON (Tribune News Service) — The real, not-fake news remains our bottom line reality. It can’t be spun away by those who would rather deceive us than lead us. Read More ⇒
TRIBUNE NEWS SERVICE — John Lewis, at the age of 80, has died, and one result is remembrances of his life, his courage, his Christian faith, his sacrifices and his dedication to nonviolence as one of the foremost civil rights leaders of the 20th and 21st centuries. Peace and love resided in … Read More ⇒
GEORGETOWN, Texas (Tribune News Service) — If President Donald Trump loses the election on Nov. 3, what are our chances of a peaceful, dignified transfer of power of the sort that has generally characterized our republic from its beginning? Read More ⇒
My parents and English teachers through the years always stressed correct spelling and grammatical usage. Read More ⇒
FORT WORTH (Tribune News Service) — It seems like odd timing for presumptive Democratic presidential nominee Joe Biden to unveil a plan that would pump billions of dollars into early childhood care and education. Read More ⇒
I expected despair. I should have known better. Read More ⇒
