What some have described as a “citizen legislature” approach to governance in the United States means that the overwhelming majority of members of Congress have private business interests. Inevitably, some of what they do affects their personal finances. Quite a few of them have ...

This week’s Straw Poll: Should the NFL’s Washington Redskins change its team name? --- This poll is not scientific, and its results represent only the opinions of Internet users who have chosen to participate.

This week’s Straw Poll: Do you plan to travel outside northern New York this summer? - This poll is not scientific, and its results represent only the opinions of Internet users who have chosen to participate.

Independence Day should not be celebrated without recognizing that for much of our history as a nation, many of our fellow Americans have wondered what there was for them to celebrate. For nearly a century after our nation’s independence, millions of African Americans remained enslaved. ...

Fireworks are part of the Fourth of July. They are more available than ever in most areas. And this year, for obvious reasons, even some people who did not buy and set off their own pyrotechnics in the past may be tempted to use them to blow off some steam. So long as no one blows off a ...

Saranac Lake High School Valedictorian Francine Newman was brave to use her graduation speech to tell the school community about anti-Asian bullying she endured throughout her school career here. She did it well, too — not angry, not with any expectation of payback, but not fearful, either. ...