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...
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...
Photo by John Marino from Pittsburgh – SyracuseUploaded by GrapedApe, CC BY 2.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=105257785 Syracuse’s Austerity Avalanche:When the Safety Net Snaps In Syracuse, a $16 million budget shortfall is about to change...
Photo by Jennifer Kirkland Heresies 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...
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...
I won’t be quiet! Our voices need to be heard, Now more than ever Some 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,...
