The Musings of A Simple Country Man
A Farmer: Coming Full Circle By Hobie Morris “What if they all quit? It’s hard work. It’s repetitious and it’s boring, and it’s in the hot sun and the cold…
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A Farmer: Coming Full Circle By Hobie Morris “What if they all quit? It’s hard work. It’s repetitious and it’s boring, and it’s in the hot sun and the cold…
Ten years ago, the biggest problem in Central New York was lack of jobs. Today, it might well be the shortage of qualified employees. As chair of the Assembly Committee…
Coming home By Bill Mayers Gerald Bernard Raeymacker will be coming home. He’s been missing since 1950. His remains were identified Aug. 9, 2019. He was a sergeant in the…
El Paso massacre hits close to home This one hits really close. I spent many a day there. Biggs Air Force Base. Fort Bliss. The Lincoln Street bridge over the…
The Folding Newspapers? By Hobie Morris “If we are to guard against ignorance and remain free, it is the responsibility of every American to be informed.” – Thomas Jefferson Around…
Dissent, Protest and Patriotism Many Americans proudly wave the flag of patriotism when they see dissent or protest they don’t agree with. This unthinking response often cuts off further discussion…
I Wish I Had More Time By Hobie Morris I bet that you all have expressed a similar wish, especially at the tail end of a seemingly interminably long winter…
The Musings of A Simple Country Man Where are They? An Unsolved Memorial Day Mystery By Hobie Morris Three hundred and nine U.S. Navy sailors vanished. These young men would…
By Clark Putman, State Executive Director, New York Farm Service Agency; and Blake Glover, State Conservationist, Natural Resources Conservation Service At USDA, we celebrate Earth Day 2019 by offering big…
He was a man amongst men: A true local February Civil War story By Hobie Morris For many years the handwritten letter is a treasured family keepsake. Then sadly it…
COLUMN: The Human Condition 012519 08:53 a.m.: After some sleuthing the past couple of days, Captain Michael Teneyck of Troop T out of Syracuse tracked down the the guy who…
Walls It was not long after we arrived that we heard that the spot with the action was along Unter den Linden. So, of course, as soon as we got…