Someone once asked me how I taught Shakespeare to teenagers. “Simple,” I replied. “I show them the first bawdy joke and say it’s up to them to find the rest.” After that, reading “Romeo and Juliet” becomes a scavenger hunt. Promise a teenager an inappropriate joke and they ...

Recently, one of my children could not find their way out of a problem of their creation. Before I throw my children under the bus, I want to clarify that my kid was never in trouble or danger. The child in question tried to fix the situation by repeatedly attempting the same solution. It had a ...

The Adirondack Northway (I-87) is four lanes, two in each direction, north of Lake George — but six lanes south of that village. As you drive where this highway is six lanes, do you drive in the center lane most of the time, unless you are passing another vehicle? If so, you are likely ...

“The time has come,” the Walrus said, “to talk of many things: “Of shoes — and ships — and sealing-wax. Of cabbages — and kings — “And why the sea is boiling hot — And whether pigs have wings.” — Lewis Carroll in “The Walrus and the Carpenter.” Did you ...

This week’s column will be based on a copy of The Adirondack Daily Enterprise of June 11, 1969, through the courtesy of Mark Peppin, who has given me a treasure of Enterprises from the past. Thank you, Mark. So let’s begin with the Saranac Lake school budget, which drew a crowd of 370 ...

With viruses like RSV, influenza, and COVID in abundance this winter, parents have been asking for the best recommendation to keep their children healthy. Believe it or not, I always answer handwashing. That’s right: handwashing. In fact, let me give everyone a hand in understanding why ...