Commentary: Progressives won’t go back into the basement
If Democrats don’t let Progressives in, they will lose. That’s not a threat, it’s a fact.
Voices
Nuclear war, Part II
As Hawaii resumes H-bomb air raid warnings, and nuclear brinksmanship continues, we take a further look at what a strike on New York City would mean for the Hudson Valley.
Wassail, wassail
I must have been nine, maybe ten, when four guys and an accordion destroyed Christmas carols for me forever.
Saugerties Times letters: 11/30-12/6
Remembering Hinchey; bag fees should benefit parks and historic sites; success of Scouting for Food; let’s watch the Brits; keep the individual mandate.
Why we should honor Hinchey
From a conventional Saugerties working-class background, Hinchey the politician managed to eschew the tribalism that has come to dominate national politics.
Hugh Reynolds: Hinchey was one of a kind
Hinchey, in many ways, redefined politics in these parts. He didn’t just show up in October of election years. He was everywhere, all the time.
Kingston Times letters: Catskill Mountain Railroad’s alternate future history
Alternative future history I was sitting on the Catskill Mountain Railroad train looking at the sun sparkling on the Ashokan
Pilot hits a reef
The Northeast Center for Rehabilitation & Brain Injury, located in Ulster, is seeking an extension for its property tax agreement, necessary because ownership is changing hands. The 18-year-old agreement deserves to be extended. It shouldn’t be jeopardized by misleading and inaccurate job numbers.
Hugh Reynolds: End of the Parete era
I don’t know why Bonnie Parker’s poem popped into my head after the counting of the absentee ballots last week relegated
Erica’s Cancer Journey: What is your ‘Why?’
In my cancer circles, I frequently hear women lament a challenging treatment or “scanxiety,” which is nervousness or anxiety before a test about cancer progression. And they often end with the thought, “I do it all for my kids.” My “Why” comes from a different place: I do treatment for me.