The women who argued against their right to vote
The 19th Amendment is a matter of Upstate New York regional pride
Bill Kauffman
Friday
Sunday
Bring back small high schools
A school, whether consisting of one room or 20 rooms, ought to embody and reinforce a sense of place
Wednesday
The next so-called civil war
‘To-day the doctor says I must die — all is over with me — ah, so young to die’
I am a part of Batavia, New York
My friend Henry W. Clune used to say that all he ever really wanted was to appear considerable in the eyes of his hometown
Saturday
Jason Peters writes to entertain his friends and exasperate his enemies
No one who eats food or laughs at jokes should be without his new book
Tuesday
How to restore civility in politics
Shrink state power so radically that policy disagreements would be akin to flyweight arguments over the merits of Coke vs Pepsi
Tuesday
Stargazing under lockdown
The late great American astronomer Leslie Peltier was onto something
Wednesday
A June election in Genesee County
We will learn once more that ’tis better to be a flower-seeker than a power-seeker
Wednesday
What can we learn about coronavirus from classic cinema?
My Sam Peckinpah lockdown bender
Saturday
The guns of Alexander
In the event of the gun confiscation fancied by the Democratic party’s billionaires and its NPR tote-bag carriers, the hinterlands will not submit
Wednesday
The remarkable Martha Treichler
Black Mountain left a mark on her and her husband Bill
Sunday
Let Utah be Utah
I dig the Mormons and even pull for Brigham Young University’s football team
Thursday
Solzhenitsyn, Russian Nobelist and noblest Russian
Cheer, Cheer for Old Notre Dame
Monday
How NATO became the most sacred cow in the barn
Before Trump’s visit the Senate approved by a near-Soviet margin of 97-2 a resolution expressing ‘ironclad’ support for NATO.
Thursday
Is Andrew Cuomo about to finally get his comeuppance?
Almost a quarter of a century ago, New York voters, weary of Governor Mario Cuomo’s sanctimonious bullyragging, rejected the three-term incumbent. Mario’s son Andrew, now seeking his own third term in office, has worn out his welcome with greater celerity. But then the son has all of dad’s bad qualities (i.e., he’s an arrogant prick) … Read more
