Disputed elections aren’t just an American tradition

Last week’s Republican takeover of the state Legislature inflicted even more pain on New Yorkers

If Molly Ivins were a Hindu, surely her Texas soul would be begging Vishnu to allow her to be reincarnated today as a New Yorker.

The downsized daily newspaper feels as insubstantial as a rice cake

Tom Golisano moves out of state, taking his bajillions with him

Are we citizens first or taxpayers first? The distinction is not just academic. It came to mind recently with the announcement that Paychex CEO Tom Golisano is packing his bags and heading to the Sunshine State.

Legalizing same-sex marriages might be the greatest statewide stimulus package of all

What the Senator from MBNA might have said during his SU commencement speech

The mounting hysteria over swine flu means fewer migrant workers on Central New York farms

By Ed Griffin-Nolan

SANITY FAIR BY ED GRIFFIN-NOLAN

Compassion helps a family through a doubly difficult time 

It was the worst of times. And it was even worse than that. It was Sept. 11, 2001, and I lay on the floor of a room at Crouse Hospital, unable to sleep, my gaze shifting back and forth from the muted television images of the crumbling World Trade Center towers to the face of my gently sedated 12-year-old son lying in the hospital bed.

Planned tea party protests didn’t attract the turnout many right-wingers had hoped

By Ed Griffin-Nolan