This editorial appeared in the Press-Republican on Sept. 15:
This editorial appeared in The Dallas Morning News on Sept. 17:
I’ve battled migraines since my senior year of high school.
I got off the school bus and the first thing I noticed was the freshly raked driveway.
In becoming governor Aug. 24, Kathy Hochul told New Yorkers: “A new era of transparency will be one of the hallmarks of my administration.”
A federal court Tuesday granted a temporary restraining order against Gov. Kathy Hochul’s vaccine mandate for the state’s health care workers. There it is: Less than a month in office, the new governor faces a major challenge.
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The following editorial was written by the Daily News Editorial Board of the New York Daily News:
Back in 1928, Herbert Hoover wanted a “car in every garage”. If he were alive today, with that goal realized, his new slogan might be a “kayak in every garage.” Kayaks are everywhere. It seems like everyone has one.
It’s easy to overlook all those who serve in the background to make our lives better.
This was written 20 years ago. It seems as if it happened yesterday and it seems as if it happened so long ago.
I wasn’t working as a reporter 20 years ago. Instead, I was in the 5th grade at Eden, a 10-year-old a month away from turning 11.
Text of President George W. Bush’s address to the nation on September 11, 2001
Honor Those Who Died on 9/11 by Vowing to Never Forget
(TNS) - Statistics from Dr. David Prezant, the FDNY’s chief medical officer, show that three out of four firefighters, paramedics and emergency medical technicians who labored on The Pile in the days, weeks and months after 9/11 where the World Trade Center once stood now suffer health ailme…
Saturday will mark the 20th anniversary of the Sept. 11, 2001, terrorist attacks against the United States that killed 2,977 innocent people in New York City, Arlington, Va., and Shanksville, Pa. One of the victims, Melissa Vincent, was a Le Roy native who worked in the World Trade Center. S…
NEW YORK — In March, a Chinese military satellite appeared to spontaneously disintegrate in orbit, leaving a trail of debris high above the Earth.
All the pressure good-government groups can apply to state lawmakers over the Open Meetings Law can’t reverse the fact that the COVID-19 pandemic is still a clear and present danger. The delta variant has made the coronavirus more contagious and therefore more dangerous.
This editorial was published by The Editors of Bloomberg Opinion.
GEORGETOWN, Texas (Tribune News Service) — Generally, I’m not impressed by descriptions of current phenomena in terms of the past.
No one should have been surprised when the U.S. Supreme Court ruled recently against the Biden administration in its attempt to implement a moratorium on evictions.
As summer comes to a close, an old ritual has returned to the GLOW region.
Last week, one of the newspapers I write for, the Lockport Union Sun & Journal, featured a glossy magazine celebrating 200 years of the newspaper.
On this Labor Day, U.S. employers face serious challenges in their quest to resume a normal routine.
(Scott DeSmit is on vacation. Here is a still timely column from 2014. Go DOGE!)
This editorial appeared in the Star Tribune on Aug. 30:
Gov. Kathy Hochul wants state health officials to establish COVID-19 testing requirements for unvaccinated school teachers and expand vaccine requirements for health staff. These proposals come with a significant caveat: Hochul wants localities to set their own policies with minimal advice f…
Since state legislators passed the Child Victims Act two years ago, more than 9,000 lawsuits were registered in New York’s e-filing system against sexual predators and organizations accused of enabling them.
The Paycheck Protection Program implemented by the federal government has been a lifeline to many businesses, particularly small operations.
Just about every elected official in New York state has promised transparency when it comes to conducting the public’s business.
Today, we completed the U.S. military evacuation of civilians and the removal of all U.S. forces from Afghanistan.
How does a man promise to provide his personal information, including his name, employment and income to a potential landlord, yet never respond to repeated requests to provide it, remain in the residence for at least 15 months and stiff the renters out of thousands of dollars without fear o…
On Aug. 9, Canada finally reopened its border to allow fully vaccinated Americans to visit.
(This column originally ran in 2016.)
This editorial was written by the Baltimore Sun Editorial.
This editorial appeared in the Press-Republican on Aug. 24:
The following editorial was originally published by the Editorial Board of the New York Daily News:
Try as he might, Andrew M. Cuomo, now the former governor of New York, could not upstage the new governor, Kathy Hochul, with his stubborn vow to fight on against the attorney general’s report of his sexual misconduct and his tearful exit in the manner of an Italian opera from the stage he h…
Seeing members of the Taliban reclaim their oppressive rule in Afghanistan has proven very disturbing for many Americans.
There’s a decades-old urban legend in these parts that I always have a copy of the Constitution with me.
This editorial was written by the Times Editorial Board of the Los Angeles Times.
A year after it began, Americans began receiving their “cards.”
This editorial was written by the Editorial Board of the Chicago Tribune.
This editorial was written by the Editorial Board, Chicago Tribune
Sustained criticism over the weekend compelled state Assembly Speaker Carl Heastie to finally commit to releasing the Judiciary Committee’s report on its investigation into several controversies involving Gov. Andrew Cuomo.
I had good relationships with the offices of Governors Eliot Spitzer and David Paterson.
The following editorial was written by the editorial board of the New York Daily News:
This editorial was written by the St. Louis Post-Dispatch Editorial Board:
When she ascends to the position of governor Aug. 24, Kathy Hochul will have an opportunity to improve the Executive Chamber — and state government — for the better.
My daughter Jenna and I were discussing my age one night this week.
Andrew Cuomo certainly isn’t the first public figure to allow hubris to get the better of him.
