One of my favorite childhood books was Richard Adams’ Watership Down. His follow-up novel, Shardik, was very different (and less popular; I can’t remember if I finished it, to be honest). It was set in a fantasy world where the central figure of worship was a giant bear, whose mysterious appearance and journey […]

OK, so maybe we’re so down that we’re seeing “miracles” everywhere, but I wasn’t the only one pleasantly surprised by Joanie Mahoney’s abruptly announced decision to flush the Armory Square sewage treatment plant, which hit the news on Saturday. A rare headline that makes you feel like it’s a beautiful day in the neighborhood […]

Is it fair? Hell yeah.

WSYR has its mind made up about the Ronald McDonald House.

Mad as hell, and not going to take it any more!

Why would someone want to come home to Syracuse?

Tiger, tiger…

What happens if nothing happens to I-81?

Syracuse dreams of escaping, via innovative architecture, the fate that the world has planned for it.

A hotel of a different color.