Even those who have not been paying close attention to Israel’s brutal war on Gaza over the last 116 days have surely heard that hundreds of thousands of Palestinians in Gaza are starving, without medical care, and have no safe place to go. Unfortunately, this past Friday, the Biden ...

In mid-December, self-described “ultra MAGA” warrior Elise Stefanik asked the presidents of the University of Pennsylvania, the Massachusetts Institute of Technology and Harvard University whether students “calling for the genocide of Jews” would violate their schools’ code of ...

Across the U.S., people are grumpy. In poll after poll, we think our economy is failing us, our government is incompetent, our moral compass is adrift and we are being taken over by immigrants who have swamped our borders. That all of these statements are false is why I remain confused and ...

In October 2022, we wrote an open letter to the communities we serve, letting everyone know Adirondack Health was in a tough spot as a local, independent health system. Since then, we have made some key operational changes and wanted to provide another update. In the intervening 14 months, ...

Have you ever felt lonely? Holiday time can bring on that feeling, that feeling of being totally and agonizingly lonely. I see loneliness as a type of deep pain which I feel in my heart like a huge weight that doesn’t lighten easily. It’s a very empty state of being. I feel not only ...

I expected to be disappointed with Gov. Kathy Hochul’s school aid proposal on Tuesday, but nothing prepared me for the shock of seeing foundation aid calculations that would wreak havoc on school budgets throughout the region. We have not seen cuts to school districts like this since the ...