Editor’s Note: This commentary was received on Monday, Aug. 11, before an Enterprise article published on Aug. 15 Late afternoon, Aug. 3, I drove out to Norman Ridge, that bastion of expansive views where, that day, I photographed a sickly sun, pinkish red, sinking out of sight a half-hour ...

Are Republican conservatives trying to kill us? The idea of eliminating the uber-woke elite might appeal if you’re from the far-right faction in our divisive class warfare. However, statistics (more ‘fake facts’?) suggest that MAGA policies, as implemented by Donald Trump, are primarily ...

My first sergeant walked up to me while I was at my desk during the summer of 2001 and said, “They’re having a farewell picnic for the general next week. It’s going to have a baseball theme, so we need you to arrange ‘Take Me Out to the Ballgame’ for barbershop quartet.” Maj. ...

If Saranac Lake has taught us anything, it’s that the best projects happen when everyone has a seat at the table. For over a century, we’ve built parks, trails, recreation centers and downtown landmarks by planning together, arguing together and ultimately creating together. But the ...

Across New York, the opioid crisis continues to take lives, destroy families and strain our communities. For all the progress we’ve made, too many people are still falling through the cracks — not because we lack the resources, but because we’re too slow to use them. New York has ...

In most, if not all, instances, a more accurate and comprehensive understanding of the present can be gleaned by looking to the past. Consider the paragraph below, from a letter written by Abraham Lincoln in August, 1855, to his good friend, Joshua Speed. “I am not a Know-Nothing. That is ...