Letters to the Editor

Dear Editor, It was inevitable. Donald Trump recently revealed that he is prophet and savior of the world. He neatly divided up the electorate into two distinct categories and announced how he will save them […]

On behalf of NYS Assembly Minority Leader Will Barclay and the Stone Soup-Pulaski Planning Committee, United Way of Oswego County extends a sincere thank you to everyone involved in the success of the 3rd Annual […]

I’m horrified at the news that a 28-year-old pregnant Georgia woman named Amber Thurman died because she could not get the abortion care she needed. What is even more heartbreaking is that only 2 weeks […]

Equality For All We deserve to have a president and vice president who will represent every American. The Republican presidential and vice-presidential candidates have indicated they will not do this. Trump has stated he will […]

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 […]