Every year, my family and I drive out to a big, open field in the Adirondacks we call the “Pixie Field.” We lay back and stare up at...
Category : Opinion
Looking Out
-OPINION by D.E. BENTLEY During a recent email exchange a long time friend commented that we are living in “Dark Times.” This...
Gilded Age Déjà vu
“The golden age of America has only just begun; it will be like nothing that has ever been seen before.” Donald Trump seems to have...
Healthcare for All?
OPINION by KURT STAUDTER Broadway Joe says, “But wait, there’s more…” If I started the column with the title, “Medicare...
Lawmakers to the Homeless: Let them eat cake!
While We Were Sleeping (notes from the state of Vermont from a lifetime Vermonter) “There is nothing in here that guarantees those...
A Swan Song for Crime
Having spent twenty some years working with adolescents, much of the time in juvenile prisons, I have come to understand the potential...
High Holy Days for Workers
Each year, at the end of April and the beginning of May there are two holidays celebrated by workers all around the world. Even though...
Few Voters Scrubbed Nationwide
OPINION – MERTON BARTELS (Macedon, NY) We have all heard this phrase: “If I only had more energy, then I would do such and...
The Supreme Heist
OPINION from KURT STAUDTER – Last week was shocking, but not totally unexpected. It’s not like the extremists on the right have...
From the Editor
The Monster Mask One of my neighborhood destinations as a child was to visit the Banks Family, their caretaker Ivers, and the barn...