If the tangled mess of corruption in our federal government wasn’t already obvious to the average citizen, then the DOGE initiative has made it abundantly clear, except to the willfully blind, of course. From the executive order:  “The United States Digital Service is hereby publicly ...

If you saw a particular Sunday network-television-news program on Feb. 16, you heard the host say that in Germany, “free speech was weaponized to conduct a genocide.” Yes, you read that correctly: “free speech was weaponized to conduct a genocide.” Let’s think that one through. Do ...

Many presidents taking office have promised to bring government spending under control by cutting the size of government and eliminating waste, those being the Reagan, Clinton and Obama administrations of recent memory. Guess what though? All the big talk never went beyond the talk before ...

We watched the 97th Academy Awards show on Sunday. Well, let’s say that I watched it and Dear Richard tolerated it. We’ve only been married for 12 years, and he didn’t realize early on that he had joined a family of dedicated film buffs. Whether you call it film, movies, or cinema, we are ...

New York state prisons and our correction officers keep us safe from some of the worst criminals; people who not only put their own interests above those of society, but committed heinous and despicable crimes. For years, a concerted effort has been made to dismantle the prison system and to ...

His passing was not immediately known here. He had quietly lived for many years in Florida in his retirement. He was no longer “making waves” in this community...though, at one time, he had made many. It doesn’t take long for memories to fade. As Alfred Lord Tennyson once ...