So much noise
I’m sitting in the breakfast area of a middle quality hotel, and the amount of noise is remarkable. I don’t mean the […]
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“Public” Higher Ed?
Wouldn’t it be great if Gov. Hochul and the Legislature decided to get serious about making college “affordable” by actually funding public […]
Read moreAnti-kids practices
When I was a new parent, I wondered how and why our society became so heavily stacked against parents (and by extension, […]
Read moreIncomplete information
Here’s a great example of why citizens seem to be so poorly informed about the state of their communities, states, the country, […]
Read moreOn shopping bags…
The TimesUnion published a blurb about the plastic bag ban that was enacted four years ago. The sub-headline tries to draw a […]
Read moreNo Commute to Office?
Our local business journal syndicated a brief interview with Richard Florida regarding his optimism about the future of American cities: https://www.bizjournals.com/austin/news/2024/03/28/a-revolution-amid-the-reckoning.html One […]
Read moreCrane brand saved
It looks like the Crane Stationery brand will indeed be bought by a local investment company, and that they will preserve the […]
Read moreMore driver-coddling
In today’s TU: https://www.timesunion.com/news/article/man-charged-hit-and-run-crash-killed-queensbury-18651245.php Why isn’t the perpetrator named? He’s being formally charged, and he’s not a minor, so it’s a matter […]
Read morePlenty of blame to go around
It’s good to see action finally being taken on the Central Warehouse, a structure that’s been a blight on the urban landscape […]
Read moreOn sabbaticals
I’m at a point in my life now where I feel I finally understand why academia (and other adjacent professions, like the […]
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