Other countries with high gun ownership per capita do not have daily mass shootings because they require gun owners to be licensed—like a driver’s license—with a written test, a proficiency test and annual liability insurance.…
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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.”…
The “AI data-center” proposed for Oneonta has now been rebranded as a “hydroponic greenhouse.” Since most cannabis grown in America is in hydroponic greenhouses...…
Alex Webster was one of the most talented, most irascible, and most interesting characters that I have ever known. He grew up in wealth on Spaniards Road off Hampstead Heath in London.…
Given the risks, both towns should proceed with caution. The far better option is for the owner to negotiate the sale or donation of a conservation easement on the environmentally sensitive areas. The Manocherian State Natural Area has a nice ring to it.…
It serves as a barometer of who has community spirit and who doesn’t. Who gives and who takes. Who enlivens and who deadens. The metaphor of the supper is clear: Are you truly alive to the community?…
We get our beach fix every year at the Cape. We bring our own water from Cooperstown because the Cape invariably runs low on fresh water by the end of the summer...…
When a town embarks on revising its land-use plan, or when it is confronted with something that might necessitate a revision of its plan, it is standard operating procedure to adopt a moratorium on new development until such time as it can update the plan.…
Edmond Rodriguez, my brother-in-law’s nephew, was in several Glimmerglass Festival performances this season. Like many young artists, he was housed 45 minutes away—at a college dorm in Herkimer. The lack of nearby housing has become chronic for artists and arts patrons alike, as chronicled in a recent “New York Times” article...…
I read the book, “The House on Mango Street,” and I was particularly interested to see how it worked as an opera. The answer is that the Glimmerglass production, which Sandra Cisneros helped write, is as good as the book.…
