Last week’s column was a basic introduction to the fine art of thrift shopping. If there were a college major called Don’t Be A Moron Shopper, that column would’ve been a course labeled, Thrift Shops 101. Continuing in the same vein, this column is Thrift Shops 303, since it goes into my ...
Almost a month ago (see archives for Dec. 12), I wrote a guest commentary for this paper listing 16 unconstitutional, illegal or simply outrageous recent actions by the Trump administration, asking whether my fellow Americans had had enough yet. It is amazing to me that in less than a month, ...
To the editor: What if one or more of the few large, well-known auto/truck repair shops in town shut down as Sturdy Rentals did? Most of these garages were founded by guys who are now in their 60s and some are pushing 70 years old. I know of at least one that has been up for sale for over a ...
Two weeks into 2026 and I am curious; how are your resolutions going? Still enjoying the 5 a.m. reveille for CrossFit? Did you quit the job, dump the jerk, move away, get bangs and develop strong opinions about chia seeds? Maybe you wrote your list on a napkin, or carefully doodled in a ...
Sandra Weber’s important “John Brown in New York” “focuses on the home front (rather than battlefields) and provides a new perspective on John Brown’s inner self, moral fiber and principles.” The very beautiful John Brown Farm in North Elba, a New York State Historic site, has ...