The ballad of huzzahIt was an eerily quiet Wednesday in December — not quiet in sound, but in energy, as if something essential was missingDec 14, 2024Dec 14, 2024
The gladiator in the thunderdome“Character must show itself in the man’s performance both of the duty he owes himself and of the duty he owes the state.”Jun 24, 2024Jun 24, 2024
The last ones standing in the blast zoneAs I saw the American Airlines plane descend into ALB that brisk December evening, I texted Rich Fazio, my business partner of almost 15…Dec 5, 20231Dec 5, 20231
What could have a reimagined Capital Holiday Lights looked like?As the bitter cold takes hold on the streets and thoroughfares in Albany, it’s also that time in the year where hundreds of visitors…Nov 30, 2021Nov 30, 2021
Do your community proud: Vote Every Damn Year (or how you should love voting in local elections).With the 2020 presidential election fully underway — with absentee ballots, early voting, vote-by-mail (yes, there is a difference between…Oct 27, 2020Oct 27, 2020
Learning to (re)love home on two pedalsEach morning, as I make my tea (depending on how I’m feeling or what I have in stock — it’s either passion fruit or green), I face the…May 2, 20201May 2, 20201
Pay no attention to the President behind the curtain“You can fool all the people some of the time and some of the people all the time, but you cannot fool all the people all the time.”Dec 20, 2019Dec 20, 2019
Monument Square debate is not about a movie theater.The recent public conversation taking place in the Collar City is focused on whether or not Downtown Troy, in the former City Hall site…Oct 1, 2017Oct 1, 2017
Trump went from communications savant to babbler-in-chief. Can he rebound?A swing and a miss. Another swing, a check-swing. A final swing, a huge whiff.Aug 21, 2017Aug 21, 2017
Keep Jim Stellar as UAlbany president. We’d be wrong to let him go.If it’s not broke, don’t fix it.May 11, 2017May 11, 2017
