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Guest Commentary

Democratic impeachment team making excellent case

I have been very impressed with the Democratic House impeachment managers thus far in the proceedings against Donald Trump. Of course, I am an easy mark when it comes to that! That said, the most impressive part of their case is how Trump promoted, supported, funded, and incited anarchy ...

The QAnon conspiracy theory

Doomsday cults and peddlers of conspiracy theories can be traced back to the Middle Ages. The most recent “We’re on the eve of destruction” group is QAnon, supposedly from “Q,” an “anonymous” internet poster. QAnon claims there is an international cabal of Satan-worshiping, ...

Public education’s two afflictions: COVID-19 and teachers unions

WASHINGTON — Of course the Chicago Teachers Union blamed “sexism, racism and misogyny” for the pressure to open the nation’s third-largest public school system. The CTU could have added a fourth grievance: anti-Puerto Rican vacationism. On the same day that a CTU board member tweeted ...

Biden moves to end privatization in justice system; so must Saranac Lake

On Tuesday, President Biden called for an end to the use of private prisons in the Department of Justice. I’m glad to hear we’re taking this step as a country because it’s heinous that people profit off of incarceration. But this is also a good time to highlight the growth of ...

What’s the connection between school and the Super Bowl?

What you do outside of school has a direct impact on whether schools can remain open to in-person learning. Franklin-Essex-Hamilton BOCES serves 23 schools across 10 school districts, and it operates two schools itself. Out of all of the students, staff and teachers in all of those schools ...