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Opinion

The Experiment and the Confession

Guest Commentary

Life is a social experiment. We are born awake, having never slept, and one day we will fall asleep never to wake again. Every day in between is our opportunity to live, love, learn and leave our mark. Every day is a dress rehearsal for a lifetime. A life lived in discover mode — with ...

Smoking and the risk of vision loss

Letters to the editor

To the editor: The dangerous and harmful effects of cigarettes are well-documented. From lung cancer and COPD to emphysema and heart disease, smoking results in serious health risks and is still the number one cause of preventable death in the U.S. But did you know it can also lead to ...

Letter from Episcopal Church

Letters to the editor

To the editor: On Jan. 25, the Presiding Bishop of the Episcopal Church in the U.S., The Most Rev. Sean Rowe, sent a letter concerning immigration to the approximately 1.5 million members of over 6,000 Episcopal parishes in this country. Citing the deadly divisions on display in ...

Too many Feeders at the Bloomingdale Bog?

Columns

Is there such a thing as “too much of a good thing?” It seems that every time I walk the Bloomingdale Bog trail, someone has added more feeders or food to the trail section of the old Chateaugay branch of the D&H Railway. There are mailboxes, stands and a variety of feeders, making the ...

From 1968 to 2026

Bushwhack Jack's Tracts, by Jack Drury

“Those who cannot remember the past are condemned to repeat it.” — George Santayana, The Life of Reason (1905). Last week, while trying to avoid the news of the day I channel surfed and found CNN’s series 1968: The year that changed America. (You can readily stream the four-part ...

E-scooters redefine tourist risk

Columns

Anidjar & Levine, Personal Injury and Accident Lawyers in Florida, analyzed new federal safety data to understand if “micro mobility” vehicles such as e-scooters and e-bikes are safe for people exploring U.S. cities. What they found is not what tourists expected. As the use of ...