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Guest Commentary

America at the crossroads

I would like to begin with a partial quote from a commentary that I wrote in the Adirondack Daily Enterprise more than two years ago, back in Sept. 18, 2018, entitled, “Americans must break with Trump,” largely because it was, at it turns out, a portent of things to come, of where we are ...

Universal mask wearing could be a way out of coronavirus crisis

The COVID-19 crisis has had an effect on virtually all Americans and, for that matter, all inhabitants of the planet. Many Americans pin their hopes for relief on a vaccine or a silver-bullet medicine — neither of these are likely to appear any time soon. There is still talk of letting ...

Working together for healthier schools, healthier communities

For the last five years, the North Country Healthy Heart Network’s Creating Healthy Schools and Communities program has worked with partners across Franklin County to increase access to affordable, nutritious food for all age groups. Rural municipalities and school districts in Franklin ...

Slovenian strategy

Having advanced the cause of Middle East peace by brokering the Abraham Accords between Israel, the United Arab Emirates and Bahrain, President Trump must now turn his attention to the Middle West to advance the cause of his reelection. For in America’s heartland lies Ohio, the nation’s ...

Lexipol: not quite the full story

I was disappointed to see that in the article on Lexipol published on the 29th of September, the Enterprise failed to mention that several of the police departments that have come under national scrutiny for the senseless murder of Black people have contracted with Lexipol. Lexipol is a ...

With Justice Ginsburg’s passing, remember Belva Lockwood

Tucked away in the sprawling farmlands of Niagara County, 60 miles west of Rochester in a town called Royalton, a woman was born and raised who would go on to live a life that made the career of Ruth Bader Ginsburg possible.  Belva Ann Bennet Lockwood (Oct. 24, 1830, to May 19, 1917) ...