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Local Commentaries

Ways To Avoid Late Enrollment Penalties

Question: I signed up for Medicare, and evaluated my options and signed up for additional insurance, but now I received paperwork telling me I have a Late Enrollment Penalty and have to pay more money for my premiums? What should I do? Do I have to pay this? Answer: The steps for getting onto ...

What Are Your Goliaths

First, of all, I hope that you are familiar with the account of David and Goliath from the Bible. Our guest preacher used it as his scriptural reference Sunday. In case it is unfamiliar I will give some of my history with it as well as something from the Bible. I missed the book of the Bible ...

The Problem Of Chasing Green Unicorns

Informed policy debate takes a back seat to special interest politics until reality finally threatens the plausible deniability of the politicians. The only question is how much damage politicians will do before reality forces their hand. Such is the battle in New York state between those who ...

Reverse Federal Cuts To Food Programs

On March 10, many news outlets announced that the USDA, under guidance from the Trump Administration with advisement from D.O.G.E, has cancelled over $1 billion dollars distributed across the nation for local food programs, specifically the Local Food for Schools Program, and the Local Food ...

The Attack On DEI And Marginalized Communities

“I’m really looking forward to the next four years.” That was the response I received from a local business owner after expressing my concerns about the current administration and its attack on DEI and how it will affect marginalized communities. She then casually said, “Let’s do ...

In Defense of Chuck Schumer

Our U.S. Senator, Chuck Schumer, has come under some fairly heavy criticism in the past couple of weeks over his decision to not let the government default. The criticisms were framed primarily by those in his own party who believed that the decision would further enable the President in his ...