Pioneer American anthropologist Henry Lewis Morgan (1818-1881) wrote that societies developed (or evolved) through three distinct stages: savagery, barbarism and civilization. Cambridge University economist and geographer Luke Kemp utilizes a similar three-stage model in “Goliath’s Curse: ...

Last Aug. 28, at the “Ready-For-School” event in the Middle School, I overheard one SLCSD teacher say to another: “China’s technology beats ours because we haven’t embraced the metric system.” I know both teachers, but did not say anything. I will here instead: Right now, as you ...

Imagine opening your phone or laptop to find a video of you saying things that you never said. Or worse: a pornographic clip starring your face. Or your brokerage account emptied because a system “recognized” your AI-generated voice. This isn’t science fiction anymore. Generative AI can ...

I am writing in response to the recent Enterprise article about the Adirondack Park Agency project to build their new headquarters in the village of Saranac Lake. A remarkable result occurred in response to the article. There were 117 unsolicited comments in response to the article. The total ...

We are currently on a military collision course with China. But China does not want to get into a slug-fest with us involving jets, missiles, carriers, subs, tanks, nukes, troops, etc. That could render the northern hemisphere unlivable. Beijing might ask, “How to get rid of the USA without ...

The State should purchase Whitney Park, a 36,000-acre area adjacent to the existing Whitney Wilderness area. It has been on the State’s Open Conservation Plan for purchase for decades. Most of the acreage is pristine forest lands and waters. As noted by the APA in 1996: “[the area has] ...