A.I. or artificial intelligence is on many people’s mind and lips recently. A.I. is a huge verbal umbrella the way “heath care” covers dieticians to brain surgeons and “educators” cover Marine drill sergeants to kindergarten teachers in the Bloomingdale School. “Artificial ...

Political geographer Reece Jones (University of Hawaii), author of “White Borders,” writes that from its inception “the United States was built on the dual foundation of open immigration for whites from Northern Europe and racial subordination and exclusion of enslaved people from Africa, ...

I am one of the many people in our broader community who strongly oppose the proposed re-location of the Adirondack Park Agency’s headquarters to downtown Saranac Lake. I outlined my reasons in two letters to Gov. Hochul — in May 2023 and on April 4 this year. My last letter, printed ...

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 ...