…to bust out the only thing in my arsenal that can adequately respond to New York Times columnist David Brooks’ contention that anyone who opposed the Paulson bailout bill (yeah, that would include me) is a nihilist. Yes, it’s Mr. Walter Brueggemann, again.
In a hospital room we want it to be cheery, and in […]

Just when you thought you couldn’t cope with any more upheavals, Wegmans unveils its new logo.
It looks surprisingly, but pleasingly, 1930s retro (as opposed to the stale ’70s retro they’ve had forever)… and not only that, but it reminds me a little bit of the cursive of Stewart’s Shops.
We don’t have […]

This is a word cloud, generated from the text of many posts made on this blog about Syracuse and its issues over the past year (with reader comments included).
It was made with Wordle, a free online service that creates word pictures out of any text you can plug into it.

A reader proposal for a Syracuse streetcar line; plus interesting news about the state’s plans for the Tappan Zee Bridge.

A few weeks ago, the PS reported on this 60-second video submitted to the “I Love New York” video contest by a Syracuse-area filmmaker, Sean Cunningham. It’s the tale of a college grad bound for the bright lights of Manhattan who curiously never quite finds his way there. I thought it perfectly captured […]

Have you always wondered what it would be like to serve in a war? To dutifully face an uncertain future moment by moment as shells fall around you, not knowing if you’d come out alive or would walk away maimed? If drafted, would you go without flinching?
Some people think we’re on the verge […]

So: President Bush is supposed to go on TV tonight at 9:00 to reassure the nation about Wall Street and the state of the American empire.
I’m definitely going to tune in. Mainly because I’m curious if tonight is the night when he finally sizzle-pops a circuit and starts smoking and repeating himself in […]

Noted:
The New York Assembly ethics committee is holding a private meeting to consider a disciplinary case against a fellow lawmaker. The meeting for Assembly members to consider sanctions against one of their own wasn’t announced on the chamber’s Web site as Chairman William Magnarelli of Onondaga County had promised.
The committee refused to identify the […]

If you’ve lived in a community for any amount of time, you will turn up in the newspaper occasionally. My personal relationship with the Syracuse Newspapers began as an error. I was listed in the “Sons To” column (instead of the “Daughters To.”) This is in my baby scrapbook — ha ha, […]

Tomorrow’s the first day of fall. Listening to the pagan hooting of a flock of Canada geese on their way south — I hope they’re travelers, and not just the lazy ones who hang around town all winter long — I wonder if it’s time to get a jump on the annual local […]