In questioning the fairness of tax policy, The New Times’ Bill Brod may have found a new calling

One solution to childhood obesity is to have kids clear snow from city sidewalksThe day after the State of the Union address, First Lady Michelle Obama made a visit to a school in Virginia as part o

It was the 1 percent within their ranks that ultimately sank Occupy Syracuse

U.S. covert ops, which usually make matters worse, have Iran in their sights

In a misguided policy, tax incentives for transit riders expired at the end of last year

A wish list for 2012 and beyond touches on issues global, national and local No matter how naughty or nice you have been, no matter how carefully you listen, on this New Year’s Eve you will no

The former sheriff of Arapahoe County in Colorado, Patrick Sullivan, had an embarrassing moment last month. Just days after Thanksgiving, the retired lawman allegedly offered to share a bit of crystal meth with a young man he had taken a liking to, in exchange for some unspecified favors, apparently of a sexual nature.

Our police department appears before the nation as incompetent and petty. Our district attorney parades before the national media as an anger management case. Our basketball coach, in his zeal to defend a friend, attacks and intimidates those who have ventured to accuse that friend of a crime.

Obama campaigned as the one who could usher in a new era of post-partisan politics and, if you look around Onondaga County today, you might almost think that new world order has come and gone. In Syracuse our Democratic mayor gets along swimmingly with our Republican county executive, who seems to be BFF with the Democratic governor.

It was a few minutes after 8 on a clear late autumn night, and the sun had been down for hours. I found a parking spot in Armory Square, stretched out for a few minutes and headed across West Fayette Street, following the yellow line that serves as the guide for the newest cool place in Syracuse.