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The girl on the left… Her story
The girl on the left Her story I’m the girl on the left laughing, black cardigan open over purplish shirt holding card. That photo was taken on my birthday three weeks before 9/11. Survival is about continuing to live with the complexity of all of it. It’s about...
9/11: Remembering, Reflecting, Rebuilding
911: Remembering, Reflecting, Rebuilding On September 11, 2001, 2,977 lives were stolen in the deadliest terrorist attack on American soil.On an ordinary Tuesday morning, office workers settling at their desks, firefighters answering the call of duty, airline...
Syracuse, a $16 million budget shortfall
Photo by John Marino from Pittsburgh - SyracuseUploaded by GrapedApe, CC BY 2.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=105257785Syracuse’s Austerity Avalanche:When the Safety Net Snaps In Syracuse, a $16 million budget shortfall is about to change daily life...
Heresies Considered
Photo by Jennifer KirklandHeresies Considered By Rodney Rios Heresy is a terrible word, a terrible thing, as Saint Thomas More tells us in the film A Man for All Seasons. The heresies of our age are sexual and related to gender. All heresies promise some sort of...
A bright future in Endicott
Letter to the Editor IBM didn’t define us —and it certainly didn’t kill us. Look at all the possibilities, we have for a bright future in Endicott There was an article in the Wall Street Journal a few days ago. It painted our area as dismal to potential investors...
Our voices need to be heard,Now more than ever
I won’t be quiet!Our voices need to be heard, Now more than everSome people hear that and think I should sit quietly in my chair, let the world pass me by, and be grateful for the time I’ve been given. But I’ll tell you the truth: I have lived through wars,...
Foreign Holdings in U.S. National Debt
Foreign Holdings in U.S. National Debt The $37 Trillion Debt Dilemma: Foreign Holdings and Fragile Foundations As the U.S. national debt surges past $37 trillion, concerns about its long-term sustainability are intensifying. Among the most critical vulnerabilities is...
NYS Is Making a Killing Off Your Death!
NYS Is Making aKilling Off Your Death! In 2021, New York State collected a staggering $1.5 billion in estate tax revenue. That is more than any other state in the nation, while similar programs in places like Massachusetts, Connecticut, and Oregon are quickly closing...
New York was the Cradle of Car Manufacturing
Thus image is from a 1923 National Geographic article entilted: 'The Automobile Industry - An American Art That Has Revolutionized Methods in Manufacturing and Transformed TransportationRethinking America’s Auto Origins: Why New York, Not Michigan, Was the Cradle of...
Poisons in the River
Poisonin the RiversThe Quiet Scandal of Landfill Leachate in the Hudson and Mohawk It’s an invisible poison, flowing every day into two of New York’s most important waterways. From 2019 to 2023, landfill leachate, a chemical soup created when rainwater filters through...