Putting the rumors to rest
Recently, there have been a lot of rumors spreading between Highland and New Paltz that Highland schools are bankrupt and
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A landmark new research paper underscores that the difference between a strong teacher and a weak teacher lasts a lifetime.
Schadenfreude
There are feelings and experiences that sometimes English just doesn’t have a word for, and another language does; so we
Clothes make the man
Without the murmur of a topic to write about, I went snooping around the Occupy New Paltz site last Wednesday
Sibling rivalry redux
I was talking on the phone to my brother the other day, and, as often happens these days, our conversation
A tree by any other name
A tree by any other name…is still a Christmas tree. We can rename it a holiday tree, but we all
Thanks to the mountain house
Well, I certainly saw a lot of happy and familiar faces up on the mountain during Mohonk Mountain House’s much-appreciated
Happiness and modern times
Though my bi-weekly column is called “A Laughing Matter,” I do typically use this space at the holidays to talk
Bookmark on a community
The thing I love about New Paltz is that there are lots of street musicians living in town. The air
Idiot moments
I am approaching a birthday, and birthdays always seem like a time to assess my life. Actually, for many years