By Jeffrey Page
A state lottery, which is in business to separate people from their money, is an immoral way to raise revenues. But I took a chance.

Winter Wonderland – A snow covered farm scene in upstate, New York.

By Gretchen Gibbs
Apparently narcissisn is now so general that the pathological level can’t be distinguished from the “normal” level.

by Shawn Dell Joyce
Each household has to commit to change, changing light bulbs and changing paradigms. Let’s embrace a culture built on conservation of resources instead of waste and excess. Here are a few New Year’s resolutions that will set us on the right track…

It is not a lonely highway after all.

By Jeffrey Page
It was 58 below zero in Dawson. A few days earlier, the city had gotten three feet of new snow in 48 hours. These were not records, Brandon said.

Seasons Greetings

By Bob Gaydos
What do Barack Obama and Tom Coughlin have in common? Not much, really.

By Jo Galante
With each suicide, I re-lived my sister’s death and was left to ponder how these other families would survive what I knew to be one of the greatest challenges they could face.

By Shawn Dell Joyce
Hard to believe that we are descended from settler’s children who rejoiced at receiving a penny and a stick of candy as their main holiday gifts. In the 1800’s, our kin earned $1,500 per year, and would have had one nice set of clothes for church, and one shabby set for daily life. We worked twice as hard for a simple diet because we had to grown most of what we ate ourselves. Over the course of two hundred years, we have grown an average of 4 inches taller and 20 pounds heavier, our houses have more than doubled in square footage, and we no longer find joy in a penny and a stick of candy