Finding Ulysses

Bo Lipari addressed a group of us at the Fire Hall last night. He has an amazing amount of energy and a complete grasp of the complex issues surrounding voting integrity. There’s good news and bad news. I’ll give you the bad news first. NY State is still being threatened by the Department of Justice. [...]

This Friday 8/24, at 7:00pm at the Trumansburg Fire Hall, Bo Lipari, Executive Director of New Yorkers for Verified Voting will fill us in on the status of voting machine legislation in New York. Bo, and the good folks at NYVV.ORG have been working tirelessly so that we might have transparent, accurate, and verifiable elections. [...]

There are some really spectacular outdoor recreation opportunities in the Ulysses area, and this weekend was no exception. Saturday, I enjoyed the annual “Hector for the Heck of It” group volleyball-hiking-picnicing-campfiresinging-camping extravaganza in the nearby National Forest on Saturday– marred only by former T-burg resident John Rogers having to leave to rescue his son, who [...]

Becoming Human provides an online documentary about human evolution by the Institute of Human Origins, run by Donald Johansen, famous for his team’s discovery of the australopithecine fossil commonly known as Lucy. A part of the documentary that focuses on the anatomical structures of human ancestors features John Gurche, talking about the importance of working on fine details of soft-tissue reconstructions based on fossilized structures, in order to allow people who see the reconstructions to gain a holistic sense of the creature being represented.

I was putting up a sign to advertise the September 24th Village Board meeting on impeachment at the Save-A-Lot. An old guy was watching me. He chuckled, and said “That ain’t gonna happen. Not that it shouldn’t. Bush is the worst president ever.” It’s very easy to predict that good things won’t happen. That’s a [...]

If you were out-and-about this past weekend, you might have noticed a bit of additional traffic. Or, maybe you had trouble getting a table at your favorite Finger Lakes eatery, or a campsite or hotel room for guests. The sporty amongst us all know what was going on, but, if you are (like me) entirely [...]

Did you all read the article titled “Zoning of Auble Lot To Change” subtitled “Over 257 people will be added to village population”? If you read the article it doesn’t sound like any decision has been reached at all. Who writes the titles? Does that person know more than the author, Stacey Silliman? Shouldn’t they, [...]

Governor Spitzer gave a really interesting speech at the Chattaqua Institute with the title “The Need for Both Passion and Humility in Politics.” I really enjoyed reading it. Although the media coverage seemed to dwell on the relationship of the speech to the soap opera personal battle between the Governor and Senator Bruno, the speech [...]

Durga Bor will talk about and demonstrate the art she has pursued for many years Eastern India’s colorful and mystical Odissi dance at the Ulysses Philomathic Library.

Congressman Arcuri has rescinded his support for the Military Commissions Act, signing on as a co-sponsor to legislation that would effectively overturn that infamous law. Now, with Arcuri’s opposition to the Protect America Act, I am seeing that Mike Arcuri has shown quite a bit more backbone than I thought he possessed.