There is no sugar-coating the possibility that cleaning up after people day after day is a spirit-killer.

How did Americans become such bossy control freaks about children and pets?

The NYT has a story on all of Spitzer’s “acting” appointees, including “acting” Upstate czar Daniel Gundersen… Other governors have run into problems with a handful of nominees, said Gerald Benjamin, a professor of political science and a dean at the State University of New York at New Paltz. But the length and extent of [...]

Food activism, coffee injustice, spoiled college students, immigration, and a handy guide to jargon.

The Onondaga land rights action finally goes to court.

Isn’t immigration more than just a Downstate problem? Heated discussion ensues.

Tomorrow (Thursday, Oct. 11) is an important day for the Onondaga Nation and their land rights action, which was filed on March 11, 2005. The Onondagas are the last of the original five Haudenosaunee nations to approach the courts to ask for acknowledgement of title to lands affirmed as theirs in post-Revolutionary War treaties such [...]

When Epsons attack.

(A slight variation on “Other People’s Blogs” devoted to newspapers…) Sunday’s Post-Standard had a very good story about gangs of East Syracuse (or groups of young men who could be thought of as gangs, since some of them say they aren’t that). Maybe the only novelty about this story is that it’s about guys in [...]

There’s been large reminiscent thread on Syracuse.com about Fairmount Fair, perhaps inspired by the imminent opening of the new Target. (Was there one Dr. Grambow or two?) And Michael’s finally opened last week. I joked with people that I was going to cry when I set foot in there on opening day — the western [...]