Parents have been itching to ask me whether their child’s itchy skin could be eczema, so let me do more than skin the surface on this topic. Eczema is a term that describes a skin condition in which the skin gets red and irritated and forms tiny red bumps that can ooze fluid or crust ...
To the editor: After two years of fundraising, the Tupper Lake Community Food Pantry is pleased to announce that our new generator is now installed and online. Not only will this protect the food we keep on hand for our regular operations, but we can now be prepared for any emergencies or ...
I don’t think I’m unique among old peeps when it comes to having no idea what happened to the world I used to know. OK, there’s some hyperbole in that statement. Obviously, in a rational sense, I know exactly what happened. The low-tech, mechanical, person-to-person world of my ...
As children, folk fairy tales were often told to us as a way of teaching life lessons or shaping young children’s morals. But fairy tales have deeper, hidden meanings that relate to reality and can be used in an absurd and entertaining way to teach a child — or a more grown up reader ...
We are currently on a military collision course with China. But China does not want to get into a slug-fest with us involving jets, missiles, carriers, subs, tanks, nukes, troops, etc. That could render the northern hemisphere unlivable. Beijing might ask, “How to get rid of the USA without ...
