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Opinion

Kugels and Gratins Celebrate Spring Festivals

Columns

Passover, which commemorates the sorrow of the Jews’ slavery in Egypt and the joy of freedom and deliverance, begins with the traditional Seder meal on April 1. Good Friday comes just two days later, memorializing Christ’s suffering on the Cross, followed by Easter Sunday, celebrating ...

Vehicle and traffic laws vary from state to state

Columns

If you are a regular reader of these weekly articles, you might have picked up on my call for vehicle and traffic laws (VTL) to be set nationally, not by each state. There’s a lot to be said for “states’ rights,” but, with such a mobile nation, VTL should be the same in every state. ...

Tipping points

Letters to the editor

To the editor: Dear MAGA loyalists, I’m optimistic because – like Malcolm Gladwell – I believe everyone has a tipping point. Everyone. I believe at some point you will start to wonder if President Trump is really telling the truth. If he’s really going to “make America great ...

Park association opposes bill

Columns

Page one of the The Adirondack Daily Enterprise was jam-packed with local news on Monday, July 10, 1961. What follows is a glimpse at the hot news 65 years ago. The Adirondack Park Association [the original APA?] had opposed a bill introduced by New York State Assemblyman Watson Pomeroy ...

On aging — part I of III

Art Matters, by Jessica Lim

The first thing I notice when I enter the Richard Avedon photo exhibit at the Montreal Museum of Fine Arts is the number of photographs. There are roughly 100 pictures, a surprisingly large amount given the topic and given the artist. - An exhibit about aging - I know Avedon for his fashion ...

Dealing with swollen glands

Columns

Parents have recently been asking me some swell questions about their children having swollen glands. Let me stick my neck out on this one and tell you that swollen glands are simply another term for lymph nodes. - What are lymph nodes? - Lymph nodes are like “storage bins” that ...