Michael J. Fitzgerald

The New York Times and the Washington Post are taking a justified pounding from media critics over hypercritical analysis of the Democratic Party candidates for president and vice president.

A driving trip last week took me from my floating home in a bucolic area of the Pacific Northwest deep into ultra-urban Northern California.

This Saturday marks the end of Banned Books Week, an annual national event examining efforts to censor books and ideas. It's a local issue too.

For weeks I have been ignoring a series of near-daily, annoying text messages from my pharmacy saying the new Covid-19 vaccine is in.

Helene and Milton. Such ordinary names for a duo of turbo-charged hurricanes that provided appalling previews of future catastrophes linked to the disastrous effects of climate change.

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We live in an era with a serious shortage of critical thinking skills.

October the cruelest month? Yes.

The spate of recent published reports about harmful algal blooms in the Finger Lakes all scream that the increasing presence of HABs is no longer just an annoying problem.

A recently released study that claims the Seneca Meadows Inc. landfill in no way contributes to lung cancer incidences in Seneca County might be good news.