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Guest Commentary

Death warrant for an Adirondack lake

The Adirondack Park Agency will issue a death warrant to a pristine Adirondack lake Friday, and a mystery lurks as to why. Woodward Lake, in Fulton County, is about 100 acres, undeveloped and shallow. The entire tract is about 1,200 acres. The developer (who, according to Protect the ...

Adirondack free-for-all

The other day two men knocked on the sliding glass bedroom door of my friend’s house. Unbeknownst to her, they’d parked a couple of vehicles in her private driveway along Route 73, between Keene and Lake Placid, and were planning to snowshoe up Brown Mountain from her backyard. There’s no ...

Not so fast on Cuomo accusations

I’m sorry, I’m not buying it. I’ve read a few of the articles, seen Facebook posts. It’s not just politics. This is also about every man and their sometimes awkward, shy, misguided or even cringey attempts at gauging a woman’s interest. A touch on the arm, the back, a kiss walked away ...

If we ever have Vice Presidents’ Day, make it Nixon’s birthday

As birth month to George Washington, Abraham Lincoln, and Ronald Reagan, February exhibits the least number of days and greatest number of great presidents. This correlation of presidential preeminence and birthdate makes one wonder what William Henry Harrison (born Feb. 9) might have achieved ...

Washington’s farewell address

On the occasion of George Washington’s birthday, Gillian Brockell published in the Washington Post and on social media a useful and timely commentary regarding the importance of our first president’s farewell address. “The nation’s first president was the only one not to have ...

An open letter to Rupert Murdoch

Any reasonable person who watched the Feb. 10 presentation by the Democratic House impeachment managers was unavoidably struck by then-President Donald Trump’s months-long effort to undermine the U.S. Constitution, culminating in the Jan. 6 riot at the U.S. Capitol. Trump incited the ...