Guest Column
- Guest Column
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- Saturday, April 20, 2013
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The kind of people we 'antis' are
In the controversy over the extraction of petroleum resources from shale, people who oppose this energy industry expansion have been called hypocrites. Claims have been made that practically every dollar diverted from petroleum development defaults to coal, and those who try to promote renewable energy resources wind up assisting that default. I am writing, not to dispute these allegations, but to lament them.
- Saturday, April 13, 2013
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Social Security is a system worth saving
- Saturday, April 6, 2013
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Gun column fuels lawlessness, paranoia
- Saturday, March 30, 2013
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Here's how you fix the national debt
Presidents Ronald Reagan and George W. Bush, having scorned income taxes and budget-balancing, have left the U.S. in a desperate economic fix by unnecessarily selling national debt bonds.
- Saturday, March 23, 2013
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The true meaning of the story of Easter
The weather for Easter 2013 promises to cooperate in helping us to ponder the real mystery of Easter more deeply.
Easter is not about fuzzy bunnies, bonnets, colored eggs or budding azalea bushes. Easter is not a way to mark the return of warmth and light after a long winter. Easter is the foundation rock of all that is Christian â€" the Gospel, the Church, the Sacraments, the Scriptures.
- Saturday, March 16, 2013
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A flesh-and-blood expert won't hoodwink you
- Saturday, March 9, 2013
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Let the markets determine our energy sources
In the Crime section of your local Barnes & Noble, you'll find Elmore Leonard's recent novel "Raylan." In it, Marshal Raylan Givens encounters with a pair of thieves who steal kidneys from the healthy, then sell those vital organs back to their victims. Talk about creating a market! Move down the aisle to economics and change the heist from organs to electricity, and Mr. Leonard could have a category-busting best seller.
- Saturday, March 2, 2013
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Taking a closer look at our regional economy
- Saturday, February 9, 2013
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Investment in DEC isinvestment in state's future
What is the relationship between Gov. Cuomo's proposed budget and your desire to protect New York's environment? What is the relationship between Gov. Cuomo's proposed budget and the economic potential of tourism to upstate? What is the relationship between Gov. Cuomo's proposed budget and the value you get back from your hunting or fishing license? What is the relationship between Gov. Cuomo's proposed budget and his claim that New York is once again business friendly?
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We need to work toward living in love
Heads swirl, stomachs ache and hearts throb when violent thoughts rear their hideous heads and commit atrocious acts. Unfortunately, the aches and throbs only wane after follow-up regulatory efforts are made to stop the sadism, or after we seek solace in religion or spirituality. It’s not that the rules and religion are useless, but that the challenge to do better never goes away. Consciousness is constantly on the move to overcome its own challenges.
- Saturday, February 2, 2013
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All downtown Oneonta lacks is you
- Saturday, January 26, 2013
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America at a crossroads in 2013
Our country is at a crossroads. After four straight years of trillion-dollar deficits, our national debt now stands at over $16 trillion. If we don’t change course, based on the policies contained in President Barack Obama’s most recent budget proposal, we’ll continue to have trillion-dollar deficits as far as the eye can see.
- Saturday, January 12, 2013
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Obamacare won't cure what ails our system
- Saturday, December 29, 2012
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Oneonta's First Night is too good to miss
- Sunday, December 23, 2012
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The right to live free from gun violence
- Saturday, December 8, 2012
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The reality of renewable energy sources
- Saturday, December 1, 2012
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Let's use the Clean Water Act here
- Saturday, November 24, 2012
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Growth, clean energy aren't mutually exclusive
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The great green energy boondoggle
- Sunday, November 11, 2012
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The best-laid plans oft go astray
