A lengthy feature in yesterday’s Post-Standard about the Redhouse, the theater/arts depot on West Street, is worth reading.
I was only in the Redhouse once, and very briefly (not during a show) and it felt like a very nice venue. But although the story hints that the offerings at the Redhouse possibly went right over […]

Moving on from Albany’s insanity, and on to some homegrown insanity… The Post-Standard covered an appearance by Dan Gundersen in Cortland, where he highlighted the need for upstate New York to become more involved in global trade… and pointed out a very real problem.

I never thought I’d say this but not only have the newspapers (chiefly, the TU) dropped the ball on the Spitzer/Bruno story, but a lot of the newspapers’ political blogs have as well. It’s impossible to find any news about the opinions of real people in these places — just a lot of “inside […]

In trauma medicine there is an expression they have: “The Golden Hour.” It’s that period of time in which a critical trauma patient has to show certain benchmarks of stability (blood pressure, respiration, brain activity, etc) before they are certain of a chance of reasonable recovery. If the patient doesn’t make it through […]

I am off to commune with nature, and with the all-knowing, all-seeing spirit
of our esteemed 13th President. He will tell us what to do in this time of crisis.
(Photo by outdoorthespian @ Flickr)

Six months into his term, Spitzer has squandered the tremendous political capital he had in November.

Today’s NYT has a story on declining numbers of young doctors who want to come to upstate New York to practice. (The story centers on Binghamton.) This is a trend that is affecting wider swaths of rural America as well. Doctors want to go where the money is, and that is in […]

Interesting notice in today’s PS:
Today marks the launch of “Upstate Focus,” an editorial project that links newspapers from the Hudson Valley and the Southern Tier through Northern, Central and Western New York. Our goal is to provide readers with a concerted focus on issues of concern to Upstate citizens and taxpayers. We are […]

This car is my sweetie and my darling. The 1960 Nash Metropolitan
with the key in the back. We will meet again.
And we will be together someday. I just know it. It’s fate.