Democrats, historians, independent journalists and concerned citizens are raising the alarm. “Once a government convinces its people that what they saw with their own eyes didn’t really happen, our democracy is lost.” The Republican Party continues to reshape visual truth with rhetoric ...

Recent commentary about village board meetings has focused on tone and personalities. That framing avoids the real issue. The true measure of effective local government is not whether disagreement is comfortable, but whether it is handled through a fair, fact-based and consistently enforced ...

As political party caucuses for the March 18 Saranac Lake village elections approach, voters of both major parties should remember that politicians are in the business of persuasion. While citizens running for office may try to convince the public that they are more closely aligned with one set ...

Almost a month ago (see archives for Dec. 12), I wrote a guest commentary for this paper listing 16 unconstitutional, illegal or simply outrageous recent actions by the Trump administration, asking whether my fellow Americans had had enough yet. It is amazing to me that in less than a month, ...

A few weeks after imposing tariffs on approximately 90 countries Trump stated: “We’re becoming rich as hell ... And when we finish this out, there’ll never be any wealth like what we have ... We’re going to become so rich, you’re not going to know where to spend all that money.” He ...

Law Enforcement Appreciation Day is Jan. 9 and I’m bored. Time for a story! This commentary is in honor of all the law enforcement officers out there, past and present. Those yet unborn, I will deal with you later. One summer day (2015?) I was driving my death-wish AKA 1992 Geo Metro in ...