I was a child of the 1950s who grew up believing in heroes like Superman, the Lone Ranger and Roy Rogers. But like most of you, as I grew up I found out that there weren’t very many heroes in real life. When I first met Michael Xavier Spillane I would never have realized what a hero he ...

Over the past year, I’ve heard two very different narratives about rural America. The first is that rural people face enormous economic and social challenges and the federal government does little to help them. The second is that the coronavirus pandemic has turned rural places into refuges ...

There is a great deal of hype about the coronavirus vaccine (Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 Vaccine) which on Friday, Dec. 11 received emergency use authorization from the Food and Drug Administration allowing the vaccine to be administered in the United States. This news is welcome but it is ...

In the Christmas of ’95, Santa brought 3-year-old me my first pair of boots and bindings. That winter I met Natalie Leduc at Pisgah, who taught me to “make pizza and French fries” with my skis down the Buttermilk trail. Every year after, Nat and I entered the Top of the Mountain Ski Race ...

In the final election results, Biden won 51.3% to 46.8%, by +4.5% with 7 million votes. The polling averages had Biden around +7% or +8% nationally the night before Election Day. With a historically normal sized polling error of 3% to 4%, you would expect Biden between +4% and +11%. The ...

For over 40 years, Pendragon has been the backbone of theater in the Adirondacks. We have created and nourished a family dedicated to providing creative and excellent theater for you, our audience, through performance and educational programs. This past January, we opened Act I of the 2020 ...