Opinion

Once the mud dries up, springtime is my favorite season. I love to see life come anew, and I love the way spring smells — mud and all. The appearance ...

Last week, for my birthday, I re-watched one of my favorite movies: “Singin’ in the Rain.” Gene Kelly and Donald O’Connor may just be the greatest spe...

NBC’s nature docu-series ‘The Americas’ has amazed me every Sunday, highlighting the little-known details about creatures and ecosystems across North ...

My job allows me quite a bit of freedom as far as a dress code goes. As long as I’m at least semi-professionally dressed — meaning I don’t roll up to ...

As I was walking around my yard this weekend, I discovered half a dozen peculiar-looking animal feces. After further inspection, I concluded that they...

Filmmaker Sean Baker won big at Sunday’s 97th Academy Awards, with his movie Anora taking home five trophies, including Best Picture. During his speec...

This Sunday, we’ll be moving our clocks ahead one hour to observe Daylight Saving Time (DST), and I look forward to the longer days with sunlight last...

How awesome are libraries? Seriously, this is one of the greatest institutions mankind has ever developed. Free shared information is the cornerstone ...

A few weeks ago, I discovered that I was being charged a $1.99 monthly paper statement fee on two store credit cards. I wondered how long this had bee...

With the cost of postage these days, I’m surprised many companies continue to stuff their envelopes with unnecessary ad flyers when they send out thei...

Rock history It’s been a quiet week, so let’s take another trip down memory lane with this week in rock history. Feb. 20, 1970 – The single “Instant K...

I recently saw a YouTube video by Hank Green discussing how important the Galilean moons are in our understanding of the solar system and the universe...

Have you ever wondered why we have to be inundated with so many prescription drug commercials on TV? I’m old enough to remember when there were very f...

This past weekend, my partner and I took our (usually) annual trip to one of our favorite places — the Record Archive in Rochester. A music and entert...

Bird flu is ravaging the poultry industry yet again. We hear about it all the time because it hits every year. Over 148 million domestic fowl have bee...

Nominations for the 97th Academy Awards were announced last Thursday, signifying the beginning of the end of awards season and giving me only 33 days ...

The area is about to lose another church. It saddened me to hear about the impending closure of St. Mary’s Episcopal Church on Wildwood Avenue in Sala...

I recently came across the 2003 recording of the “AFI’s 100 Years...100 Heroes & Villains” TV special uploaded to YouTube, and though I knew the list ...