MY VIEW

Cutting Medicaid or credits will harm rural residents

We live in a country where the majority rules. From local governments to the very peak of federal power, those who get the most votes win. In that same vein, the political party that wins …

DOGE at our doorstep

(Ed. note: This My View was sent on April 23.) When it hits home, it becomes personal. It is no longer abstract. After graduating from college in May 2024, my son applied for Federal …

Opinion: Gang deportations are a fool’s errand

As part of its border strategy, the administration deported Venezuelan migrants to a notorious prison in El Salvador, claiming the deportees were Tren de Aragua gang members. Because of …

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Robert Krol

Opinion: Tariffs will increase the probability of a recession

President Trump thinks tariffs will promote prosperity in America. His trade policies reflect this view. The United States will impose a 10 percent across-the-board tariff on imports from …

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Opinion: We need more funding for genetic genealogy

Every year, thousands of murders in the United States remain unsolved. Today, there are 300,000 cold cases on the books, with thousands more added annually. However, a revolutionary technology …

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Letters to the editor

Mt. Rushmore or Mt. Disgraceful?

Recently I saw a picture of Trump and Melania standing in front of Mt. Rushmore. It made me realize how absurd it really was. I wonder how many Americans could identify the four images preserved in …

A sterile Beaverkill?

Re: “Can there be too much of a good thing?” Surely the cold water from the Pepacton Reservoir has changed the nature of the East Branch of the Delaware. It destroyed a …

Answering the $ 64,000 question

Can you have more moderate-income housing without losing any more rural land? The answer here in Sullivan County is through the utilization of an existing NYS law that permits the construction …

The resurrection of Skinners Falls Bridge

PennDOT is holding a “cultural mitigation” meeting for the Skinner Falls Bridge in person and on Zoom on Wednesday, April 30. The only mitigation the public should demand is a new …

Sleep well, America

When President Biden returned U.S. citizens Brittney Griner, Paul Whelan and Evan Gerskovich home after being held captive in Putin’s Russia, Americans sighed in relief. Similarly so when …

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OPINION

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‘No one is coming to save you’

I had been feeling cagey since the end of last year—A sort of heavy, bottom-of-the-stomach feeling. Something like a blend of existential dread and civic helplessness mixed with a million …

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Dymond endorsed by IUPA, NYSUPA for Sullivan sheriff

The International Union of Police Associations (IUPA) has endorsed Tim Dymond’s candidacy for Sullivan County Sheriff. The organization represents active-duty rank-and-file law enforcement …

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COLUMNS

Rumbling Anthropologist

Moses Baptiste has been laid to rest

RIVER MUSE

Sven

Goodbye, Buttercup

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QUOTE OF THE WEEK

Libraries and gardens

Simple truth: Food for your mind. Food for your body. And as you work the soil, your spirit is renewed with the wonder of inherent growth. Perfect trifecta.

Creative impluse

Sometimes an idea or a concept just grabs you. You read it or you hear it, and it just makes total sense. That was my experience with Alfred North Whitehead. Whitehead, a 20th-century …

Child's play

I have always been enamored with the wisdom of children, especially toddlers. In those first few years, their appetite for learning and growing is unparalleled. They are innately moved to learn new …

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BLOGS

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 …

To be or not to be

One of the most powerful moments in cinematic history comes from the movie "Crimson Tide. " Following the destruction of a Russian Akula Class Attack Submarine, the USS Alabama SSBN (Submerged …

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