By Bob Gaydos
Readers still have thoughts about The List of most influential thinkers, which is heartening. But it’s time to start trimming.

By Michael Kaufman
Is it just me or is this the craziest election season ever? I don’t know whether to laugh or cry when I think about it.

By Shawn Dell Joyce
This Thursday, the Orange County Transportation Council is hosting an “Open House” to discuss a bicycling “Master Plan” for our community. The open house is from 4:30-8:30 with presentations at 4:30, 5:30 and 7pm, at the Village of Montgomery Senior Center on Bridge Street. The Orange County Planning Department is updating the master plan is open to your input on ways to encourage non-motorized vehicle use. This is part of an effort to make our region more bicycle friendly.

By Jeffrey Page
The judge, prosecutor and defense lawyer seemed able to find a way to pin the rap for Ms. Valnord-Kassime’s death on Ms. Valnord-Kassime herself.

By Carrie Jacobson
Here are some ways to save time, in this too-busy, too-stressed world.

A cowscape stirs memories of a visit to a home on Cape Breton Island.

By Michael Kaufman
Why didn’t I speak up when she said of the Holocaust, “It’s been 60 years…Get over it already!”

By Jeffrey Page
How many more young men must pay with their lives for the crime of being who they are?

By Shawn Dell Joyce
One of the best places to buy apples this time of year is Soons Orchard in New Hampton. Soons has most every variety grown locally, with minimum spraying, as well as fresh apple cider, pies, donuts, and local foods like milk, cheeses, vegetables and meats. Soons is open year round so you kind buy tasty local apples in the middle of winter.

A plein air painting on a crisp fall Sunday of Brown-Felton farm in Warwick. See the landscape in the background and the painting on the easel.