Finding Ulysses

Many of Trumansburg’s children are friends of children raised by heterosexual couples, but they don’t have the same protection of having parents who can become legally joined through marriage. These children are made the victims of society’s prejudice against their parents. Senator George Winner is stoking that prejudice.

Senators Russ Feingold and Christopher Dodd have announced their plan to filibuster the FISA Amendments Act. Will Schumer and Clinton join them or leave them hanging? We’re residents of New York state, not Alabama or Wyoming. We deserve senators who will take the lead in representing our state’s progressive values, and not just sit on the fence.

We are not living in an age of idealism. Congressman Arcuri knows that, and that’s why he’s confident that he won’t lose much support on account of his vote for Bush’s spying bill today. You get to decide whether you’re willing to go along with that, and confirm Arcuri’s sad judgment of the character of our citizens.

The involvement of Congressman Arcuri in the effort to rush the FISA Amendments Act of 2008 through Congress without the opportunity for sufficient public debate is profoundly disappointing, and tarnishes his image at the very time when he is beginning his first re-election campaign.

Water District Five never had enough support to make it truly come into being. If anything, you might call it a legislative embryo – an unborn thing produced by strange fertilizations of anti-regulation ideologues and opportunistic landowners.

ife’s So Sweet is where last year’s Sweet Shop used to be, next to the Aceto Stiles Gallery, across the street from Ron Don’s. If you haven’t been, you’re missing something sweet.