HAPPENIN’ OTSEGO for SUNDAY, MAY 16 Learn About Fenimore Exhibit ‘Keith Haring: His Art and Times’ SUNDAY SPEAKER – 3 p.m. Learn about recently opened Fenimore Art Museum exhibit “Keith Haring: His Art and Times” from Chris Rossi, Director of Exhibitions & Gary Cassinelli, collector and owner of artworks in the exhibit.Free, registration required. Visit libraries.4cls.org/cooperstown/2020/10/13/fovl-sunday-speaker-series-for-2020-2021/…
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HAPPENIN’ OTSEGO for SATURDAY, MAY 15 Meet The Local Law Enforcement POLICE DAY – 9 – 11 a.m. Grab a coffee and come meet the men & women of local law enforcement, get your kids fingerprinted, and enjoy a canine demonstration. Pioneer Park, Cooperstown.…
MONEY TALK Our Vast, Throwaway Nation By TOM MORGAN • Special to www.AllOTSEGO.com Many visiting Europeans are stunned by the huge number of derelict and otherwise empty buildings we have. They ain’t seen nuthin’ yet. Most of our cities show signs of manufacturing blight. Especially northern and rust-belt cities. In this state, a city does not qualify as a city unless it can show several shuttered factories, an empty mall, vacant storefronts, office buildings half-empty. Maybe an armory. Many of…
LETTER TO EDITOR from JUDITH PACHTER The Answer: Choose People Over Money To the Editor: As a former registered nurse and a retired financial adviser, I see both sides of this horrendous dilemma. But in my mind, there is no amount of money that is worth one death that could have been prevented. We sit in our isolated homes in rural Central New York and feel a bit sorry for ourselves because we cannot do or should not do what…
MONEY MATTERS Bad Numbers, Good News By TOM MORGAN • Special to www.AllOTSEGO.com Let us call it The Finger-Pointers’ Dilemma. The toll of the virus has been less than what we were promised. The WuFlu medical experts assured us the sky was definitely falling this time. Maybe 2 million of us would croak. These experts convinced themselves of this. They convinced our public health officials. They convinced Big Media. All of them teamed up to convince our leaders. And so,…
MONEY TALK Nothing To Fear – But Flu Itself Are you frightened by this virus? You should be. Consider these scary figures please. Consider up to 45 million Americans infected by this virus. Yes, 45 million!!! With three exclamation points! Consider from 350,000 to 560,000 Americans so sick with it they have to be hospitalized. And consider from 18,000 to 46,000 people dying from the virus. This, according to our Center for Disease Control. These figures describe the situation in…
MONEY TALK ‘He Lied Under Oath.’ That’s It By TOM MORGAN • Special to www.AllOTSEGO.com The bloodbath-cum-circus in Washington these days? It awakens memories. Of how a notorious American ambassador handled a similar brouhaha – the Clinton impeachment. He deployed a simple device. With it, he brought a certain order to the mayhem of the thinking of his friends. In one stroke he turned their murky thinking to crystal clarity. I am certain he would use the device today. G.…
HAPPENIN’ OTSEGO for FRIDAY, OCTOBER 25 Investigate Paranormal At Historic Opera House PARANORMAL – 7 – 9 p.m. & 10 – Midnight. Join seasoned investigator for fun, education, exploration of paranormal possibilities of the opera house. Cost, $20/person. Earlville Opera House, 18 E. Main St., Earlville. 315-691-3550 or visit www.earlvilleoperahouse.com/halloween-events…
MONEY MATTERS • Column Fracking Bust? Or Fracking Boom? By TOM MORGAN • Special to www.AllOTSEGO.com Who you gonna believe? When people argue over contentious issues today they often follow a predictable pattern. He cites a scientific study that says blah blah about climate change. She cites a scientific study that claims the opposite. Oh yeah? He says her study was published in a junk journal. Oh yeah? She lists the scientist’s credentials. And claims his scientist has the wrong…
Column MONEY TALKS America, Conceived In Slavery? Bunk! By TOM MORGAN • Special to www.AllOTSEGO.com And you thought America was “conceived in liberty”? That is what Abraham Lincoln suggested. Well I’m here to tellya that is bunk. This country was conceived in wholesale medical cruelty. And medical malfeasance. So there! Doctors of the 1700s treated illnesses by blood-letting. Got a pain? Slash a vein. Dysentery? Try an artery. Migraines? Let us drill holes in your skull. To allow evil spirits…
