Column: Buffalo Billions Schmillions
My husband is a union carpenter. He has been a proud member of Syracuse Local #277 for more than 30 years. As a union member, he has a wage/benefit package.…
COLUMN: Musings of a Simple (cave-dwelling) Country Man
Humor: An endangered species By Hobie Morris (Brookfield) Politicians and diapers both need to be changed often and for the same reason. Taxation with representation isn’t so hot, either. The…
COLUMN: From Here and Back Again
Fractured America: Is it Too Late? Or is the U.S. Spiraling Into the Abyss? Martin Luther King encouragingly said, “The arc of the moral universe is long, but it bends…
OPINION: Babinec files 10,000+ signatures to create Upstate Jobs Party Line
Largest Congressional Petition Effort in the History of the State In an unprecedented effort, Independent and Reform Party candidate Martin Babinec today filed over 10,000 signatures with the New York…
COLUMN: A Simple Country Man
It looks easy until you try it; 50 years and counting by Hobie Morris Marriage is like twirling a baton, turning handsprings or eating with chopsticks… – Helen Rowland Fifty…
OPINION: Stirpe: Community support made Lifesavers Blood Drive a huge success
In the face of a four-week-long blood supply emergency in the region, our 10th annual Lifesavers Blood Drive broke a Central New York one-day blood drive record by collecting 181…
MUSINGS: Reclaiming America’s Democracy
By Hobie Morris “These are the times that try men’s souls.” – Tom Paine, 1776 Of America’s far more famous Founding Fathers, this simple country man believes his friends and…
OPINION: Stirpe: New resources to help New Yorkers beat breast cancer
Breast cancer affects thousands of people in every community across the state. It is a battle that can take an enormous physical, psychological and financial toll on families and individuals.…
Submit Your Common Acreage Information Just Once
By James Barber The U.S. Department of Agriculture Farm Service Agency requires farmers participating in our programs to submit an annual report on all cropland use on their farms. Crop…
OPINION: FSA – From the Directors Desk
by Donna Purdy Acreage reporting has been the focus for both offices for the past month. As of today, there are 15 business days to finish up 2016 reporting. The…
Coufal: From Here and Back Again
Great Again Donald Trump wants to make America great again. This implies, first, that America was once great but now isn’t. Second, it begs the questions of when and how…
Coufal: Women: giving (overdue) credit for many contributions
by Jim Coufal Throughout our male-dominated, misogynist history, the good works and many contributions of women have been overlooked, downplayed or conveniently forgotten. This brief look at a certain group…