Dear Mom, Leaves are falling. Tamaracks are golden. We’re getting much-needed rain. Sunday, I swam to the island; yesterday, in Church Pond. Soon I’ll switch from swimming in the pond to doing laps in the pool. Temperatures are getting colder. Elections came and went, but it’s ...

In 1966, the Paul Smith’s Electric Company conceded that it could not supply its service area with enough electricity and sold out to the Niagara Mohawk Corporation, the second largest investor-owned utility in New York state. To get even more complete control over this area, Niagara Mohawk ...

There is no question today regarding what we (you and I) are against. It plays out on social media, on cable news, on the streets and in the workplace. We feel the anger and disbelief at Little League games, in our music, at the water cooler and on college campuses. This is what we are against, ...

If you think artificial intelligence is just a smarter search engine or a way to make funny pictures, you’re missing the story of the century — and maybe the biggest turning point in human history. AI isn’t a tool in the old sense. It doesn’t wait for instructions. It learns, adapts ...

Joseph Stalin is said to have asked Winston Churchill, “How many divisions (of soldiers) does the Pope have?” The question has subsequently been used in discussions of civil-military relations with the implication that control over the guns is the basis for power in society. Although ...

Charlie Kirk was the founder of Turning Point USA, a conservative youth organization that was focused on getting younger people politically active sooner. He had a popular podcasting platform in which he engaged in free-speech-centered debates over various political topics pertaining to the ...