Opinion

Letter submission: House Majority Leader Steve Scalise recently announced, “We are at the precipice of the new golden age of America.” The last golden age was the era of the Robber Barons in the late […]

Nobel laureate economist Paul Krugman wrote that the 2008 Financial Crisis “brought the world economy to the brink of collapse and cost millions of innocent Americans their jobs and/or houses.” Krugman explained public outrage was […]

Letter submission: President Trump is currently trying to bend justice in favor of his friend Netanyahu in Israel. Netanyahu is on trial for a variety of crimes. Trump is implicitly threatening to stop military aid […]

Two decades ago, at the 2005 World Summit, global leaders committed to the Responsibility to Protect (R2P). The world agreed to act to protect populations from genocide, war crimes, ethnic cleansing, and crimes against humanity. […]

In my 30-plus years as a news reporter, I have never recalled a political candidate declaring victory before the election results were certified. This isn’t mere overconfidence; it’s a calculated effort to create the illusion […]

At a Common Council meeting on 6/17 I asked why a complete agenda, listing all the information, wasn’t posted on the City of Fulton website! The Mayor preceded to read from a handbook. It basically […]

In 1945, 50 nations signed the United Nations Charter in San Francisco. The US was a founding member and agreed that nations should refrain “from the threat or use of force,” until they exhaust all […]

Dear Editor, As a veteran who relies on Medicare Advantage, I want to ask that Congresswoman Tenney, Senator Schumer and Gillibrand do all they can to ensure it remains affordable and fully funded for the […]

For a long time, there was a path to peace. The United Nations General Assembly, for decades, approved resolution after resolution that proposed a nuclear weapons-free zone in the Middle East. Iran approved the resolutions. […]