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Opinion

Driver behavior vital to traffic safety

Columns

For much of the public, the Insurance Institute for Highway Safety is synonymous with vehicle safety research, but it’s far from the organization’s only focus. Jessica Cicchino is a Senior Vice President at IIHS. She directs the Institute’s research on road user behavior and ...

Our democratic government requires accountability

Guest Commentary

It is difficult for me to understand why so many Americans seem to like seeing our country divided into factions on social terms (friends/enemies), by racial background (white, black, brown, blended etc.), by gender and sexuality (male/female, straight, LGBTQ-plus, etc.), socioeconomic status ...

State budget brings good news for the arts

Letters to the editor

To the editor: The new New York state budget is good news for the Adirondack History Museum and other organizations like us. We rely on a combination of individual supporters, charitable foundations and government grants to pay for local exhibits, to sponsor local historians and ...

When a parent is deployed

Columns

Memorial Day is a time to think about those who have given their lives defending our country. Parents who have a partner or close relative who is going to be deployed for a military assignment away from home, or has already been deployed, have been asking me to do my duty and help them help ...

Ode to the military fallen

Guest Commentary

Memorial Day is coming up. Time for some stories in honor of the fallen. Wherever they are, I hope they get a good chuckle. When you join the military, there is a security/clearance form you must fill out. Before they hand someone a gun, they want to know everything about that person and ...