Cary Brunswick
- Cary Brunswick
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- Saturday, October 29, 2011
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Nov. 8 looms large for friends, foes of hydrofracking
The future of fracking _ and perhaps our region’s clean water _ will likely be decided in the courts, but perhaps also in the voting booth on Election Day, Nov. 8.
- Saturday, October 8, 2011
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Fear and frustration fuel the rise of Wall Street protests
What is it those protesters want, anyway? That's what many people are asking as the demonstrations using Wall Street as their evil icon continue to grow and spread, with rallies this weekend expected to be the largest yet.
- Sunday, September 18, 2011
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Airport funds could be better spent elsewhere
Don't get me wrong, I have nothing against private planes and flying, but something's out of whack when the Oneonta airport gets funding of nearly half a million federal dollars while the city's streets are crumbling beneath local motorists.
- Saturday, August 27, 2011
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Communication is key to keeping neighbors friendly
When I was in college, I lived in a two-bedroom apartment one year with three other students in a residential neighborhood, long before most communities had zoning laws.
- Monday, August 8, 2011
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Don't let frack proposal go unchallenged
What a frackin' mess.
- Saturday, July 16, 2011
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Memories will stay on ink, paper
Join me now in the disorder of boxes and paper folders wrenched open after years of abandonment, saturating the air with dust, the floor covered with yellowed paper, some covered with ink, others type. NetSummary
- Saturday, June 25, 2011
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Grads must discover who they are
High school graduates this weekend are hearing speeches from administrators and their top academic classmates about how important their parents, teachers and friends were as they enter the new paths they've chosen from what life has to offer.
- Saturday, June 4, 2011
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Some war vets' experiences too harrowing to retell
The Little League season was winding down and it hadn't been a great year for my American Legion team. After practice, my father, the coach, stopped by the Legion for a glass of beer and said I could go in with him. It was June 6.
- Saturday, May 14, 2011
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Peace, not death, would be cause for celebration
"I will mourn the loss of thousands of precious lives, but I will not rejoice in the death of one, not even an enemy." _Jessica Dovey, English teacher, after hearing of Osama bin Laden's death
- Saturday, April 23, 2011
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Nuclear risks as scary now as 32 years ago
A little more than 32 years ago, a small group of homesteaders huddled in a cabin on a Fingers Lakes hilltop on the day a nuclear emergency was declared at the Three Mile Island nuclear-power plant near Harrisburg, Pa.
- Saturday, April 2, 2011
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'Obama Doctrine' is same tune, different words
I've been witness to the United States intervening both militarily and covertly in the uprisings and civil wars of other countries for half a century, and what's now being termed the Obama Doctrine in Libya doesn't look much different from many of our other forays.
- Saturday, March 12, 2011
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Let's not blame workers for the gains of unions
I was a member of a labor union years ago when I worked for a railroad. I was forced to join because it was a closed shop. For $7 a week for dues taken out of my check, I made a dollar more than minimum wage and the bosses couldn't make me get a haircut.
- Saturday, February 19, 2011
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Lack of jobs, opportunity drive revolts
Just as in the United States when economic struggles can cause incumbent presidents to be ousted in their re-election bids, it's the economy that is fueling the unrest and revolts in northern Africa and the Middle East.
- Saturday, January 29, 2011
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Our vision for future demands a response now
On Tuesday night, President Obama in his State of the Union address offered his vision for our future, but what will the world really be like in 2040? Peaceful, poison, hungry or thriving?
- Saturday, January 8, 2011
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Smartphone holdout resists pace of technology change
My television is square, and my phone is stupid. But I might not be any brighter than my phone, because I'm not one of the 100 million Americans who bought smartphones last year. (Yes, believe it or not, "smartphone" is now considered a word.) And apparently I'm not any cooler than my TV, because I have to look up what abbreviations such as LCD and LED mean when I see them in television ads. Somehow, I was able to figure out on my own what HD stood for.
- Saturday, December 18, 2010
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Tax deal: Plenty of bitter taste, likely poor results
"The agreement left some lawmakers in both parties with a bitter taste, and they complained that their leaders had sacrificed too much in the interest of striking a deal." -- Associated Press, Jan. 24, 2008 Sound familiar? It should, because you've been hearing or reading about that same sentiment during the past few weeks.
- Saturday, November 27, 2010
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U.S.-made gifts should be the goal this holiday season
The Christmas holiday shopping season is now in full swing, and the challenge for gift buyers this year should be to avoid more debt and buy American-made products as much as possible. Those goals would have positive results for all.
- Saturday, November 6, 2010
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Examining the effects of the Internet on us
Debate has been going on for years _ decades _ about the effect of television on people, especially the young, and the resultant influence on our social relations. Whatever the consensus of that discussion, it is nothing compared to the mind-altering impact that personal computers and the Internet have achieved.
- Saturday, October 16, 2010
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It's high time we got out of Afghanistan
Nine years and nine days ago, we began our invasion of Afghanistan in response to the horrific 9/11 terrorist attacks in the U.S. We had a goal back then, but now it has been lost. Let's bring the troops home.
- Saturday, September 25, 2010
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Support intellectual freedom by reading banned books
When I studied American literature in high school back in the mid-1960s, the books I most enjoyed were contemporary novels about young people. Holden Caulfield in "Catcher in the Rye" seemed smart-alecky as he trudged around Manhattan, and I remember thinking at the time how wonderful it was to have to read a book that teenagers could relate to, compared to the usual dry fare of Hawthorne or Emerson.
