My wife and I tithe a portion of our annual income to various religious and charitable organizations. Until now, we have not felt the need to include the public broadcasting outlets we enjoy watching and listening to daily on our list of donees.…
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John A. Rudy
Kudos to Cooperstown’s Board of Trustees for unanimously promulgating—and to “The Freeman’s Journal” for courageously publishing—the recent resolution affirming our village’s support of the dignity and rights of our immigrant neighbors.…
With the draconian cuts to government food programs recently implemented by the federal administration, the Cooperstown Food Pantry is all the more dependent upon monetary donations to fund its food purchases.…
For whatever motive suits—altruism, philanthropy, religion, morality, or just plain decency—we privileged ones should take a bit of the largesse bestowed upon us and make it available for the benefit of the unprivileged.…
The current administration abruptly canceled USDA programs that offered U.S.-grown food to food banks at low or no cost, as well as programs that enabled pantries and schools to purchase food from local farmers.…
The sooner Democrats, the media, and sensible Americans understand that Trump’s proposals and actions emanate from his transactional developer’s mindset, the sooner they will be able to deal more effectively with what he comes up with on an almost daily basis.…
For the past several years, Donald Trump has complained incessantly about his mistreatment at the hands of federal and state law enforcement agencies, prosecutors and judges. He and his minions have whined that Trump has been the subject of “witch hunts,” selective prosecutions for fabricated charges, and trivial offenses.…
Trump and his acolytes repeated over the past year and longer what they intended. They spelled it out in plain English in their widely disseminated manifesto called Project 2025. National and local TV, radio, and newspaper ads published their grievances and solutions for all to see and hear.…
As a Vietnam veteran who has lived in Cooperstown the past 37 years, I, too, do not need or want to purchase—or pay for though taxes—a banner to hang on a pole with my dated photo to acknowledge my service.…
My wife and I do not have digital subscriptions to any newspapers, magazines or other media. We prefer the print versions. We find it more pleasurable and civilized reading from them than from peering at a screen.…
