editorials

Moving toward civility and mea culpa

The Wild Wild Web is giving up one of its core values. The tech industry is abandoning the concept that it exists to provide a forum for all ideas, no matter how toxic. It is giving up its …

To wear or not to wear

To wear or not to wear a mask is the question. With it, we weigh whether we approve or disapprove of some outside authority telling us what to do. With it, we weigh our sense of whether we are …

Without the free press, we will fail

Within the journalism community, there’s outrage over the assaults our fellow journalists have endured covering the unrest in America sparked by the death of a black man, George Floyd, in …

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Moving the conversation forward

They say that no one can tell us what life looks like after the pandemic. It is true, but this much I know: Life after the pandemic, and during the pandemic, will have its greatest potential if we …

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We’re all in this together

There is a fork in the road to recovery from the COVID-19 pandemic. One path is surrounded by protests and outrage, its direction swayed by ideology and politics—travelers are defined as “us” …

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Letters to the editor

'Support a politician who supports us' and more

Letters to the editor July 9 to 15

'These demonstrations are different' and more

Letters to the editor June 25 to July 1

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my view

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Monthly Conversation Experiment #2

In times of great disturbance, we often find stability in the everyday routines of our lives. We regain our equilibrium with activities that support our sense of calm.Tending the garden, going to the …

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'Red Clover' and more poetry

The River Reporter welcomes topical creative works. Send your poetry, prose and artworks to copyeditor@riverreporter.com by Sunday at 1 p.m., any week.

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Lake Huntington news

Fireworks, dollar signs and thank yous

river talk

Watch your step!

the way out here

Aviary abodes

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Blogs

The race to destroy ourselves

Who will win the race to destroy mankind and the other creatures of the Earth? The nuclear powers or the populous countries that waited too long to confront the coronavirus? Nuclear weapons had a …

An American strawberry patch

Publisher’s Log: May 30, 2020 We have launched our first monthly conversation experiment. With the editorial “Moving the conversation forward” we proposed and tossed out the …

Musings on a Monday morning

Publisher’s Log: April 20, 2020 It’s a funny phenomenon. The pace of the day has increased. There is much to do. My day is over in a flash and when I think back that last Sunday was …

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