Last Friday, when the phone rang, the caller I.D. read Barclay Bank. Uh-oh. That’s not good. Barclay Bank is synonymous with only one thing for me – my MasterCard. The only time any credit card company has ever called on the phone was to inform me of fraudulent activity. The last time ...

I agree with President-elect Donald Trump on most things as most of you probably already realize. However, I find myself in total disagreement with his suggestion that the United States impose permanent year round Standard Time and do away with Daylight Savings Time. Permanent Standard Time ...

America lost an icon this past week ... Jimmy Carter. In many ways, he was an anomaly in our national politics—a peanut farmer who came from nowhere to win the Presidency. When I say “nowhere,” I do not mean to disrespect the people of Plains, Georgia. But, even people from Plains would ...

Concerning the recent negative Weekend voices article (Dec. 21) about American energy investments, perhaps the two authors should have invested a bit of their energy into researching the history of the American automobile. This is what they would have found. Just as the American automobile ...

We now have to emerge from the shelter of the holiday cocoon and face reality once again. What a welcome and needed diversion from the effects of the Nov. 5 election. For many of us, the shock was immediate. For a lot of you it’s going to be a gradual awareness of what has transpired. The ...

If I could have one wish granted in the New Year, it would be for a return of respect and bipartisanship in Albany to ensure that state government serves the common good of all New Yorkers — both upstate and downstate. This was my last statement as an elected official. It is not made out of ...