Dishwashers, mothers, gardeners, people who arrived as small children reportedly disappear to private prisons at undisclosed locations, simply vanishing from their communities and their families—along with a far smaller number of people who are legitimately arrested.…
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Thank you to Joanie Parrillo and all of her helpers for the informative book, “Cooperstown, NY Home of the Unsung Heroes: Land of the Free Because of the Brave,” a lasting history lesson.…
To all the macroeconomic simpletons who thought that the exporter pays the tariffs or that the importer will magically “eat” the tariffs: “You voted for this.”…
185 YEARS AGO: Dr. Channing on Poetry—Poetry far from injuring society, is one of the great instruments of refinement and exaltation. It lifts the mind above ordinary life, gives it a respite from depressed cares, and awakens the consciousness of its efficacy with what is pure and noble. In its legitimate and highest efforts, it has the same tendency and aim with Christianity; that is to spiritualize our nature. Poetry has a natural alliance with our best affections. Its great…
90 YEARS AGO: “The Grange stands four-square against the legalized liquor traffic and will fight to the last ditch this greatest of all destroyers,” Fred J. Freestone, master of the New York State Grange, declared in his address opening the business session of the 63rd annual convention of the organization at the State Armory here in Oneonta yesterday. “We should remember that while the nation has repealed prohibition, the Grange has not done so,” he said. Mr. Freestone further asserted…
The Cleveland Clinic describes the holidays as “a mixed bag of emotions. For some, it’s the most wonderful time of the year, filled with family, friends and reasons to celebrate. For others, it may be a time of deep sorrow, reflection, loneliness and strife.”…
When I was four years old, my pregnant mother drove my sister and me out to Dugway Proving Grounds in Utah to visit my father, who worked on the original Fly’s Eye detector for the University of Utah...…
Donald spends every day following his cows, led by Maisie, on their approximately one mile circular walk. This is what he does each and every day. Donald is both at home with himself and his life.…
The young people in the environmental conservation field that I have met are passionate, knowledgeable, articulate and creative. They are bringing environmental ethics into the conversation, grounded not only in science but also in equity, diversity and inclusion.…
The pandemic proved that scolding and threatening people doesn’t lead to more vaccinations. Just the opposite. It undermines trust in vaccines as a whole and leads to far fewer shots in arms.…
