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Guest Commentary

Identifying addictions and replacing them

Can we become addicted to a thought, a person, a perception? Doesn’t a thought become an addiction when it is repeated over and over again and is harmful — or at least unhealthy — for the thinker? If so, then a poor self-image can become an addiction when our thinking negatively about ...

A D-Day reflection

On April 22, the Enterprise reported on a “recent” trip by Donald Trump to Waco, Texas. (“Music to Trump’s ears: Whitewashing Jan. 6 riot with song,” Associated Press.) The focus of the story was on a song he seems to have enjoyed while there which made light of the Jan. 6 Capitol ...

Happy Pride Month!

June is LGBTQI-plus Pride Month, a time when LGBTQI-plus community members, family, friends and advocates acknowledge and celebrate the gift of diversity that is unique to each of us. Many municipalities host pride parades and events where LGBTQI-plus community members outwardly profess ...

Lexipol wrong about ‘excited delirium’

The Saranac Lake village board, under the leadership of then-Mayor Rabideau and then-Manager Sweeney, voted to sign a contract with Lexipol on Aug. 10, 2020. Lexipol is a for-profit company that provides policy manuals, daily training bulletins and consulting services to public safety ...

Deep fears and shallow responses

As columnist Paul Waldman notes, the NRA argues that the more guns in society, the safer we will all be, as a heavily-armed populace deters people from committing violent crimes. In 2022, there were 647 mass shooting in this country (averaging 1.8 per day) defined as four or more people killed ...

Shooting up the bottom line

Much has been written about the Metropolitan Nashville Police response to the March school shooting massacre of nine students and three adults. Police received the incident call at 10:13 a.m, and 14 minutes later the shooter was dead. The courage of the responding officers was exemplary as they ...