No new wars under Trump. I hear this hollow bromide often. Set aside the irony that the neoconservatives offering this “fact” will cheer war at every other opportunity, and take it at face value. It’s true — U.S. troops weren’t deployed to new fronts between 2017 and 2021 (if you ...

For over a decade, I have been both curious and appalled at the country’s love affair with Donald Trump. Trump is a fascinating study in narcissism, self adulation, misogyny and hucksterism. It was not until I read a book titled “Fantasyland — How America Went Haywire” by Kurt Anderson ...

This year marked the fifth anniversary of the Northern Current Music Festival, and our organizing committee extends its thanks to the entire Saranac Lake community for celebrating this milestone with us. We’ve worked hard to turn the Sunday of Labor Day weekend into a celebration for ...

Why does Jonah Goldberg get a big half page in our newspaper? Where is the other side of the argument? I’ll tell you where. Mr. Goldberg and Ms. Stefanik (choke) try to make you think former Rep. Liz and former VP Dick Cheney are of no consequence. The Cheneys and many other Republicans ...

In July, Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin directed the Pentagon to review the 20 Medals of Honor awarded to soldiers who participated in the 1890 mass-killing of Native Americans at the ill-famed Wounded Knee Massacre in South Dakota. The review board will examine the conduct of each medal ...

The Scottish author Robert Louis Stevenson arrived in Saranac Lake in October of 1887 a global celebrity. In the previous four years, he had published “Treasure Island,” “Kidnapped,” “A Child’s Garden of Verses,” and, most sensationally, “Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. ...