To the Reader’s Forum: Great leadership, a rare and wonderful gift, is something this country has often been blessed with during its most troubling times. Some of the many examples are the magic of the Constitutional Convention and leadership of the Founding Fathers, Lincoln’s guiding ...

To The Reader’s Forum: Having attended a meaningful parade and cemetery remembrance service in the hamlet of Kennedy, I decided to stop at the Second Street Tim Horton’s for my usual coffee, bagel and reading time. As I was about to leave a couple entered and offered me a tasty treat. ...

To The Reader’s Forum: For years I’ve been saying you can’t make a joke any more. Reality is more outrageous than anything you can dream up. Ignoring my own advice I’ve joked that I’m so conservative that I follow the Miss America Contest on radio. Today I heard that the Miss ...

To The Reader’s Forum: The request by the city not to use a perfectly functional pedestrian bridge across the Chadakoin (below the Washington Street Bridge) until its dedication at the end of June is, in short, an example of “hostile administration.” In the same vein as hostile ...

To The Reader’s Forum: It semes to me the U.S. is now facing a circular firing squad. Both progressive liberal Democrats and neo-con Republicans are struggling to recreate a myth: that the U.S. dominates the world by dint of power, values, wisdom, even God’s decisions. The U.S., and only ...

To The Reader’s Forum: A small cemetery with big hearts, starting with the officers, board members, grave owners and our saxton, Mt. Olivet Cemetery has big hearts when it comes to operating, keeping and maintaining our cemetery. With everyone on the same page, such as dedication and ...