If the word “boogaloo” is not yet in your vocabulary, it is time to put it there ASAP. The Summer 2020 SPLC Report from the Southern Poverty Law Center describes it this way: “Many far-right extremists — including many in the anti-government movement — believe that the country is ...

A new book written by Mary Trump, a Ph.D. clinical psychologist who is also a niece of President Donald Trump, is entitled “Too Much and Never Enough: How My Family Created the World’s Most Dangerous Man.” It discusses how Donald Trump’s “deep-seated insecurities have created in him ...

Now and then societies go through growing pains. This is one of those times, and the only way out is through. As we debate the removal of Confederate monuments and symbols, many countries are reckoning with their own colonial pasts and current racial inequities. This is a time to reflect. No ...

I have always condemned any racist expression. I was not contacted by the media about the racist bridge graffiti when it happened, but if I was, I would have expressed condemnation. Notwithstanding, I should have issued a statement afterward, and I regret not doing so. Saranac Lake is a ...

Once there was a lake. One of “those” lakes. Where the water was every adjective for clear And the air was every adjective for healthy. Few knew of its location (#HikeUpAfterTheSecondHugeBoulderWith “I Love LOVE” SprayPaintedOnIt), And for those who did, They kept ...

Two years ago, I moved out of the city to start fresh up here in the tranquility of the mountains. I had spent most of my life stretched thin between school and part-time jobs. It was late November when I arrived, and I remember the sheer stillness of everything compared to the life I had ...