No way LBJ
For his remarkable funding for I Promise, a high school for at-risk students in his hometown of Akron, Ohio, LeBron James deserves universal praise, respect, and admiration. Talk about giving back!
Voices
Saugerties Times letters (8/16-22)
Selections from this week’s print edition.
In defense of the free press
We thought everybody knew how important a free press was to our world and that all this talk about us being the enemy of the people would be dismissed for the silliness that it is. But the reckless attacks have continued, instigated and encouraged by our president.
Kids’ Almanac (8/16-8/23)
Sesame Street Live! | See Extreme Ballet Showcase in Tivoli for free | Grahamsville Little World’s Fair | Free sails in Hudson
Kingston After Dark: Blood and whiskey
This scorching month will fittingly see the release of In the Shadow of the Mountain, the latest album from hot coal-juggling hillbilly punks Red Neckromancer. They’ll perform at The Anchor Saturday, Aug. 18.
An ode to Pete Seeger
Music lives in the ether now. We can have it anywhere. We need never lose anything again. Still, place matters. Being together, singing and dancing together, the same dirt on all our shoes — it matters. I’m sure Pete would agree.
Kingston Times letters (8/9-15)
VanBlarcum deserves your support; Saving Private Francis.
Saugerties Times letters (8/9-15)
Facing the facts on the Vietnam War; Saugerties solar project; concentrate power locally; worrying about children.
Still listening
Remembering Pauline Oliveros, plus a comparison of two local meetup groups.
Hugh Reynolds: Political skulduggery as old as Ulster itself
Some may have been surprised at the spy-versus-spy revelations between the county executive and the county comptroller, but this stuff has been going on forever.