Now that New York state’s moratorium on permits for heavy duty hydrofracking is about to expire, community forums on the many aspects of the natural gas drilling issue are blooming like roses on the roadside. Last week it was a forum put on by a group called Land Stewards of New York, inside the Community Center on Main Street in Fabius.

Grounded in that geography, Jezer, a notquite-retired rabbi, tries to be an optimist, but lately finds himself “totally confused” about the current political state of affairs in the Middle East.

Last year in her State of the City address, Mayor Stephanie Miner took a pre-emptive measure to beef up public confidence in Say Yes to Education. To my mind, Say Yes is hands down the single most important policy initiative aimed at revitalizing the city of Syracuse.

The first I heard was a text message from my son. Then another text message from my other son. Simple words. Osama bin Laden is dead. In the morning, while I scoured the newspaper, young people were posting their reactions on Facebook. Some were celebratory, others somber, most were somewhere in between.

The first I heard was a text message from my son. Then another text message from my other son. Simple words. Osama bin Laden is dead. In the morning, while I scoured the newspaper, young people were posting their reactions on Facebook. Some were celebratory, others somber, most were somewhere in between.

Each time the price of gas climbs, a predictable political dance takes place. You don’t even have to wait for the newspaper to arrive to know what’s going to happen. First the New York state attorney general announces that there will be an investigation of price gouging.

Everywhere you look, it seems that the way to shill products ranging from Budweiser to Subarus is by sticking a cute dog in the ad. Dogs have replaced that great American standby—the female body—as the go-to image for pimping a product to the public..

President Obama’s violent reaction to the Libyan uprising is doomed to fail

Unlike hurricanes, earthquakes and tsunamis do not have names. And for the most part, the tragic double or triple whammy to hit Japan does not even have a face. Most of the victims have been buried or cremated, and the survivors we see have their faces covered with masks.

With all due respect to our beloved neighbors on Tipp Hill, I’ve never been much for green beer. Ditto the green bagels that become ever more popular year by year, or the green scrambled eggs some diners like to serve.