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Local Commentaries

Gay Gone, “Poison Ivy” Stays

“She made the problem visible,” said a commentator on TV regarding Dr. Claudine Gay before she resigned from Harvard as President. She’s no longer president, but the problem lingers. The lingering problem stems from uprooting the original intent of the institution expressed in its early ...

The Ongoing Migration Crisis

The other night on TV, I watched a video of hundreds of people trudging through mud near the border between Colombia and Panama in a place called the Darien Gap—all trying to get to America. All of Donald Trump’s talk and the miles of border wall that he built, and all of the efforts of ...

New York Is Driving Out Even More Jobs

Once while a legislative body was considering raising the minimum wage, a member of that body visited a leader of a local employer. Never mind which legislative body. Never mind which member. Never mind which leader. Never mind which local employer. Their identities aren’t pertinent ...

Tips To Determine What Insurance Information To Believe

Question: With all the mail I have been getting about insurance coverage and different plans, how do I know what to believe? Answer: There is so much insurance information flying around, it is hard to know what to pay attention to. What information is accurate and complete, and what is ...

News You Can Use for 2024

I hope 2024 is the year Americans see the light in numbers so vast we begin to create change for our country as a united populace rather than a divided one. Dividing citizens is an old trick used by rogue governments who keep their bickering citizens focused on everything but what they want ...

Decisions For The New Year

As we begin 2024 there are always decisions to be made. How can we make our life different? What do we carry forward and what do we leave behind? Can I be a better person? How do I accomplish that? I came across something that I think deserves a mention here. It is a different way of looking at ...