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By Heather E. Harris The Baltimore Sun Oscar nominee Viola Davis is featured on the cover of the February issue of the LA Times Magazine. While the article focuses on her work as an actor, mentor and soon-to-be producer, I think the real stor ...
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By DOYLE McMANUS Los Angeles Times When this year's presidential campaign began, Rick Santorum looked like a fringe candidate, consigned permanently to the outside edge of an overcrowded debate stage. But as earlier conservative front-runners ...
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A lot of you probably knew the late Robert Harold, aka Bobby O'Brien, who at one time hosted an Irish and country music show on local radio and owned the Millenium Music store on Route 30 in the town of Amsterdam. He was also a fan of the local blog ...
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One of my earliest Adirondack adventure memories is going on the "big-game hunt" with my cousin, Roy. He was a few years older than I was, and, in many ways, was my mentor. He shared much of a boy's life with me. It was a big treat for a little cousi ...
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A lot of you probably knew the late Robert Harold, aka Bobby O'Brien, who at one time hosted an Irish and country music show on local radio and owned the Millenium Music store on Route 30 in the town of Amsterdam. He was also a fan of the local blog ...
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By JOHN METALLO For the Recorder Last week, President Obama officially declared the federal No Child Left Behind legislation dead. The administration of President George W. Bush sold N.C.L.B. to the legislature in 2002 with an eye on bringing ...
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Yahoo education writer Terence Loose probably didn't expect a firestorm when he published an article entitled, "College Majors that are Useless." The young man, whose Facebook page claims that he studied film and TV at UCLA, probably didn't expect an ...
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Ah, the middle of February. We all know what that means: Sports Illustrated's swimsuit issue has arrived. And that means some folks, such as those in the American Decency Association (ADA), will voice concerns about exploitation of women. "Sports ...
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It seems to me that what is missing in the top two contenders for the Republican presidential nomination is passion. While Ron Paul speaks with passion of the Federal Reserve and Rick Santorum speaks with passion about life, Newt Gingrich speaks pa ...
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Get this: men and women are different. Italian researchers made this "groundbreaking" discovery in a recent study. According to Psych Central, the study, led by Marco Del Giudice, Ph.D., of the University of Turin, used "new and more accurate met ...
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By JOHN METALLO For the Recorder It has become obvious that Gov. Andrew Cuomo wants to dismantle and reconstruct the public school system in New York state. Further, he wants to implement his own version of teacher evaluation. It is also insta ...
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When faced with a difficult situation, have you ever felt the need for some type of guidance or direction? Do you find it more of a challenge these days in searching for the right answer on certain issues? I've also come to the realization that there ...
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It sounds to me, if you listen to the news media, that American education is in a shambles -- politicians and educators are at odds and wringing their hands. In my estimation, they do not know what to do. Maybe, just maybe, I could help them out, but ...
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It's not that we don't celebrate Valentine's Day, the little lady and me -- the Wilma to my Fred; the Marge to my Homer; the Posh to my Becks. Although, traditionally, we haven't gone overboard. We never go overboard, so traditionally nontradition ...
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We won't forget the ravages of summer 2011. A visit to any valley town offers grim reminders row on row. On a recent run to Schenectady to visit dad at the hospital we saw houses one after another, each still parked in its appointed place but changed ...
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Being born and raised in upstate New York has had its benefits. For example, when it forgets to snow during the winter, this can be an enjoyable region of the country to call home. On those increasingly rare occasions when the ground is covered b ...
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Now that the holiday season has come and gone, I have an empty family heirloom table in the living room to continue my displaying of "theme" museum pieces. The collection of choice will gather together antique butter churns and related items such as ...
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One shiverish Sunday morning, second cup of coffee steaming gently. Quiet time, alone time. Nick the border collie sitting on my foot shivering himself. (He is an awful weenie.) It is a fine thing to have morning milking off. While everyone els ...
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I love watching people. Yes, this includes you. Don't want anyone feeling left out. I love watching people park at the gym. The gym parking lot is always crowded. I mean packed. When they built the place, they didn't realize the membership was go ...
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I was just about to write another interesting topic when suddenly life decides to pick it for me. Folks, this is when you reach that point in the road of putting everything aside for a brief moment to realize the greatest gift is life itself and how ...
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Another big game hunting season has come to an end and the "huntin' camps" have been closed up and left to the solitary wilderness and an occasional marauding bear. The hunting tradition runs deep in the Adirondacks, and in its longtime families, goi ...
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As our country goes to pot, I find myself more focused on personal matters, such as this item from ABC News: Scientists may soon find a cure for baldness. As it goes, researchers were surprised to discover that balding men have the same number of h ...
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By FLOYD and MARY BETH BROWN Cagle News Syndicate The Golden Globe awards, broadcast one weekend ago during prime time on national television, displayed Hollywood's increasingly coarse contribution to culture again this year as Ricky Gervais d ...
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This past week, I've been watching with interest the furor on the Internets over a proposed bill known as the Stop Online Piracy Act, which aims to stop people from illegally sharing pirated movies, music, television shows, etc. You know, the things ...
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By JOHN METALLO For the Recorder Bullying is usually considered to be a no-no in public schools. As a matter of fact, there have been laws passed and programs established to try to eradicate bullying in all forms from our public schools. That ...
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