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The Siena New York Poll for December 2007 shows Gov. Eliot Spitzer’s political career is on a fast train heading south. Here are a few of the highlights from the latest monthly poll, conducted by the Siena Research Institute, published on Dec. 10th:
“Voters are continuing to lose faith in their Governor,” said Steven Greenberg, Siena [...]

The embers glowed softly, and in their dim light,
I gazed round the room and I cherished the sight.
My wife was asleep, her head on my chest,
My daughter beside me, angelic in rest.
Outside the snow fell, a blanket of white,
Transforming the yard to a winter delight.
The sparkling lights in the tree I believe,
Completed the magic that [...]

From time to time I try to make adjustments to this blog in an effort to make it easy to find things, and for readers and commenters to interact with me (and each other). In that vein, here are a few recent updates I’ve added:
1. New/different categories. You’ll notice the categories on the right sometimes [...]

Good grief. Did you know that New York State taxpayers fund daycare for $1 billion??? This is astonishing and amazing to me! Is it any wonder our state is going down the proverbial rathole?
I read in this morning’s Press & Sun-Bulletin that the county executives across New York have made a new budget request from [...]

I suppose the headline lets you know what I think of The Golden Compass, out in theaters today. I would like to explain why. Before you prejudge me as “right-wing wacko fundamentalist Christian,” please hear me out.
A few prefatory comments before I explain my opposition to this movie. First, I am not in favor of [...]

Eliot “The Don” Spitzer is in desperate need of a publicity win after trying to ram through drivers’ licenses for illegal aliens and then attempting to tax your Internet purchases. He’s got himself a new pet cause–shutting down the two nuclear reactors that sit along the Hudson River known as the Indian Point Energy Center. [...]

If you lived in the Greater Binghamton area in 2006, you no doubt vividly recall the flood of June 2006. It was referred to as a “500 year flood,” meaning it was the kind of “perfect storm” that results in flood waters rising to a catastrophic level–the kind of thing that happens once every 10 [...]