The Preamble to the U.S. Constitution begins with, “We the People of the United States, in Order to form a more perfect Union...”  As imperfect men, the framers of the …
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Gary Sumihiro
If baseball, the great American pastime, crowned champions for playing only in their ballparks, the Chicago Cubs would have far more pennants flying over Wrigley Field. The global economy operates …
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Letters to the editor
The passage of the most cruel funding bill in the history of the United States proves a major point:  Congressional representatives no longer represent their constituents. They represent their …
The issue of your paper I saw last week had a headline about Camp “FIMFO” and how its way forward was to be decided. In the event this monstrosity of a “camp” is …
The Barryville-based nonprofit history education group The Delaware Company has announced that it will be presenting its two annual awards at this year’s Patriots & Loyalists Day …
NYSUT condemns the so-called “Big Beautiful Bill” for what it actually is: a massive transfer of wealth from working people to billionaires, devastating cuts to education and health care …
This bill is theft on a massive scale of Americans’ healthcare and financial security, while enriching billionaires and radically escalating a repressive police state that threatens the rights …
OPINION
For the 249th time, Americans are getting ready to haul out the hot dogs and fire up the fireworks for the nation’s big birthday bash. It’s a star-spangled party, the highlight of …
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They took three today. The mayor summed it up perfectly. “Those are neighbors. We saw their faces a couple of times a week, depending on our situations, but they were familiar faces. Then …
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COLUMNS
QUOTE OF THE WEEK
Bees matter

Bees are important. And so is perspective. This quote by Ray Bradbury is from Dandelion Wine, a novel about a 12-year-old boy suddenly discovering the joy and wonder of being alive.  With …

Accuracy, accuracy, accuracy

I grew up in a time when Walter Cronkite was the definitive word on what happened in the news that day. Hosting the CBS Evening News with Walter Cronkite from 1962 to 1981, which aired nightly at 11 …

Nurturing freedom

True freedom isn't just the absence of constraints but rather our capacity to make responsible choices and live authentically.    It is understanding the power of …

BLOGS

Creating a market

Someone recently told me, when complaining about the overreach of federal mandates, most specifically phasing out gas stoves in new construction among other ideas, that these types of changes ought …

An evolving Earth

For a long time, I did not think of the Earth as an evolving living entity. It was constant. The weather was constant. As a kid, I spent a lot of time outside. I worked as a YMCA camp …