Cary Brunswick
- Cary Brunswick
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- 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.
- Saturday, September 4, 2010
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Downtown vision finally beginning to take shape
Sixteen years after the closing of Bresee's Department Store left downtown Oneonta adrift without an identity, visions past and present appear to be melding into a vibrant landscape that blends the arts and a diversity of retailers.
- Monday, August 16, 2010
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Life could be enjoyed more by saving resources
This is all about the flush. But don’t blush, or cuss, or wish I would hush, because even a lush knows many toilets gush way too much. Yes, I was looking at a newspaper advertising insert the other day and noticed that some modern toilets selling for less than $100 offer 1.1 gallon tanks, which are much smaller than the older models that remain prevalent in so many of our older homes, apartments and businesses.
- Saturday, July 24, 2010
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Parents should decide on children's television viewing
Back when my daughters were teenagers, the big debate over television viewing centered on the "Beverly Hills, 90210" series that most weeks featured high school kids playing tonsil hockey while bumping and grinding on living room couches.
- Saturday, July 3, 2010
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Start talking to get troops home on time
As our combat mission nears an end in one war, the big debate today is when — or if — we'll ever be able to end our fighting in another.
- Wednesday, June 16, 2010
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Garden bounty hinges on fate of woodchuck
I didn’t know woodchucks could flatten themselves out like a pancake, so I’m at the point where I’d like to flatten a few out with a twoby- four.
- Saturday, May 22, 2010
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Stop drilling for oil and plug holes with sunshine
The oil leak deep in the Gulf of Mexico should give us another hint that the time has long passed when we should stop drilling holes in the Earth for our major energy sources.
- Friday, May 21, 2010
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Struggles over state-sponsored religion persist
- Saturday, April 10, 2010
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Fringe beliefs sprouting from groundless roots
- Saturday, March 20, 2010
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Good to see Americans venting frustrations
If the state of politics nationally and in New York state gets any worse, we’re going to need parties with drinks stronger than tea and coffee.
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Good to see Americans venting frustrations
If the state of politics nationally and in New York state gets any worse, we’re going to need parties with drinks stronger than tea and coffee.
- Friday, February 26, 2010
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Proposal to close parks a pointless budget cut
How much does it cost a year to own a couple thousand acres of tax-exempt land that requires virtually no maintenance?
- Saturday, February 6, 2010
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‘Greening’ of America could be greater
Who would have thought, 40 years ago, that being ``green’ would come to this? For ``this,’’ of course, you can substitute the fact that just about everybody and everything wants to be seen as caring about the environment.
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'Greening' of America could be greater
Who would have thought, 40 years ago, that being ``green' would come to this? For ``this,'' of course, you can substitute the fact that just about everybody and everything wants to be seen as caring about the environment.
- Sunday, January 17, 2010
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Foothills must work to secure a new foothold
With the community reeling from the personnel and financial crises at the Foothills Performing Arts Center, it is past time that the board of directors calls a public meeting to explain what has or has not been going on at the center.
- Saturday, January 16, 2010
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Foothills must work to secure a new foothold
With the community reeling from the personnel and financial crises at the Foothills Performing Arts Center, it is past time that the board of directors calls a public meeting to explain what has or has not been going on at the center.
- Tuesday, December 29, 2009
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’10 Census likely to cause area dustups
Three months from now, households across the nation should have received their packets in the mail from the U.S. Census Bureau. But that doesn’t mean it’s going to be any easier in this decennial count to make sure everybody is tracked down _ or is in the place where they’re supposed to be.
- Saturday, December 5, 2009
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Time to look within our borders, not at more war
Here we go again. Thirty billion more dollars and 30,000 more troops for a war that's really just taking sides in a civil conflict of our own creation.
- Saturday, November 14, 2009
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In new rules, DEC should ban 'fracking'
More than three years ago, I said energy production was becoming the overriding issue of the early 21st century, and that this region was smack-dab in the middle of the battleground. And that was before drilling for natural gas in Marcellus shale surfaced as perhaps the biggest bout yet between energy producers, state regulators and the people.
