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This holiday should be a true memorial to nation’s war dead

In the heart of downtown Waterloo, N.Y., in the Finger Lakes region between Syracuse and Rochester, sits a red-bricked building that houses the national Memorial Day Museum. Its mission is to tell the nation the history of Memorial Day, which most of us will celebrate …Read More
Sage advice for the class of 2012

Graduation season is upon us, once again begging the question: What is the most valuable advice a commencement speaker can give to young people leaving school and entering a changing world?
The end of football as we know it?

With the tragic suicide of football great Junior Seau last week, could we be witnessing the beginning of the end of football as we know it?

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Reaching the halfway mark on parenting

With three graduations lined up for this spring, a dad reflects on the last lap of his fathering career.

Hard hit by a youth baseball mishap

As a parent of two boys and a parent who coaches them in youth baseball, I’ve been hit hard by the story of the 12-year-old Oswego boy who died after being hit by baseball while playing catch. Playing catch is one of the most basic …Read More