Opinion

We are a nation of immigrants. A country of dreamers and success stories that can only happen in America. Both sets of my grandparents immigrated from Europe. My father and mother both were the first […]

Dear Editor, In the 1840s, Irish Catholics immigrated to America in huge numbers and provoked a secret protest movement known as the Know Nothing Party, founded in 1844 as a precursor to the Republican party. […]

There was a time when coal miners would take a caged canary with them to work to detect toxic gasses. The canary’s illness or death signaled a potentially fatal situation and served as a call […]

Like most Americans I believe that senior citizens should be able to retire and still have enough money to provide shelter and food for themselves as well as receive needed health services. Equally concerning is […]

Since 2020, the leading cause of death for U.S. children and adolescents (ages 1–19), has been Firearm Related Injury. This surpasses deaths from motor vehicle crashes, cancer, and drug overdose and poisoning. The Department of […]

Dear Editor, The news magazine Full Measure with Sharyl Attkisson recently interviewed Donald Trump at Mar-a-Lago. The former President promised to do in record time exactly what his political base wants. He said, “I will […]

Why not put the solar panels over large parking lots? This will be multi purpose and serve as sustainable energy and a roof over our heads from the sun, rain and snow. Its a win […]

Looking around Oswego County you see them popping up everywhere! Solar Farms are blocking up the scenery blowing everyone’s mind. Frank, its renewable energy, why do you appear to have a problem with that. If […]

Many of us Baby Boomers remember the show “I’ve got a Secret”, where a panel of celebrities had to guess a person’s secret. Well let’s look at today’s local governments “I’ve got a Secret”. A […]

To the Editor, As a life-long educator, I am appalled at Donald Trump’s 2025 Agenda for reversing the progress we have made in Public Education. This plan looks to eliminate the Department of Education and […]