Opinion Archives December 2023

Reporting that made a difference in 2023 (Editorial Board Opinion)

Editorial cartoons for Dec. 24, 2023: Season’s greetings, Colorado Trump ruling, Bidenomics

Yes, Virginia, there is a Santa Claus (Editorial Board Opinion)

Give holiday’s greatest gift: sharing it with others (Your Letters)

County legislator: Rail a key partner for Syracuse tech hub growth (Your Letters)

Still mourning Flight 103 and the lives they never got to live (Guest Opinion by Chris Meek)

Syracuse sidewalks still dangerous, two years into municipal program (Your Letters)

Take some responsibility for your own health outcomes (Your Letters)

What if George Bailey had said, ‘I’ve got other plans’? (Your Letters)

There’s a solution to medical debt: the NY Health Act (Your Letters)

Local veterans need your help. Will you drive for DAV? (Your Letters)

Editorial cartoons for Dec. 17, 2023: Ukraine aid fight, campus speech debate, Biden impeachment

NY’s public hospitals should stop suing low-income patients over medical debts (Editorial Board Opinion)

Candidate: We need ‘Jordan’s Law’ to reduce social service caseloads (Your Letters)

Story of Mary and Martha holds lessons for holiday gatherings (Guest Opinion by Michael Heath)

One solution to complex child care crisis is to fund it properly (Guest Opinion by Bethany Creaser)

The magnetic Fran Brown inspires hope in Syracuse football faithful (Guest Opinion by Joe Masterleo)

Rep. Brandon Williams’ outburst was ‘natural response’ to attack on family (Your Letters)

Democrats should recruit better candidates if they want to win in county legislature (Your Letters)

Criticizing Wegmans for ending Rescue Mission donation sites (Your Letters)

Democratic elections commissioners to Gov. Hochul: Eliminate ‘odd-year’ elections (Your Letters)

Dolly Parton Imagination Library hits 1.5 million book milestone in Onondaga Co. (Your Letters)

More suggestions for how Micron could power its chip factories (Your Letters)

Decision to play Von Miller shames Buffalo Bills, owners (Your Letters)

Republicans gerrymander, too. Just look at Onondaga County (Your Letters)

Editorial cartoons for Dec. 10, 2023: Blurring Jan. 6 video, democracy under stress

Welcome to Syracuse, Coach Fran Brown. Your candor is refreshing (Editorial Board Opinion)

Syracuse child poverty shows folly of Onondaga County’s spending priorities (Your Letters)

College professor: I was racially profiled at a Syracuse store (Your Letters)

Micron should share in producing power for its chip fab (Your Letters)

Gerrymandering in NY -- and other states -- demands national solution (Your Letters)

Palestinian writer’s opinion offered deep spiritual lessons for people of all faiths (Your Letters)

15-year-old driver posed danger to others on the road (Your Letters)

Syracuse teen who stole car didn’t have to die for it (Your Letters)

Syracuse Stage’s ‘A Christmas Carol’ fit for the NYC stage (Your Letters)

Plaintiff sees flaws in NY’s arguments for continuing I-81 project (Guest Opinion by Nathan Gunn)

NY, Onondaga County should tear down obstacles to providing daycare (Editorial Board Opinion)

Editorial cartoons for Dec. 3, 2023: George Santos expelled, Henry Kissinger’s legacy

Caregiving touches everyone, Rosalynn Carter said. We need a national strategy (Your Letters)