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WAMCRepublicans have a lot to worry about in the upcoming 2026 election. Historically, the party that controls the White House takes an electoral pasting in the mid-terms. Given the current razor-thin majority that allows the Republicans to control the House, a November vote consistent with the historic record of most mid-term elections could flip it back to Democratic control. -
WAMCThis ought to be a golden age for people who care about the news – that is, anybody who doesn’t choose to be helplessly hobbled by ignorance – because there’s a lot of news and a lot of ways to keep up with it.
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So, here’s the thing about the Winter Olympics. They can take over your life. -
As a pharmacist, I often meet people at the start of the New Year who are looking to make positive changes in their lives. Many want to lose weight, exercise more, or clear their heads by cutting back on distractions and clutter.
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The 98th Academy Awards is still over a month away — Sunday March 15th. So you've got plenty of time to catch-up on any films you've missed, or to binge all the nominees. Here are my thoughts on this year's 10 nominees for Best Picture:
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The play is difficult to produce. It requires action that takes place almost simultaneously at two different spaces and time periods.
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My understanding was that funeral masses at St. Patrick’s Cathedral on Fifth Avenue were typically reserved for cardinals, mayors and the similarly well-connected. -
Not for nothing has singer-songwriter Antje Duvekot garnered three top songwriting awards, including the Kerrville New Folk Competition’s Best New Folk Award, the Boston Music Award for Outstanding Folk Act, and Grand Prize in the John Lennon Songwriting Contest.
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It’s Super Bowl week. Which means for a lot of people, this is the one week a year they pay attention to football, even if they haven’t watched all season. That’s kind of the American ritual, kind of like how people vote in Presidential elections but ignore politics for the four years prior.
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With great fanfare, last month Governor Hochul unveiled her budget plan. Legislative budget hearings are underway and there is a growing debate over how to finalize the plan.
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In journalism, my line of work for about a half-century, you learn pretty quickly that while words matter, you have to watch what people do, not just what they say.
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February offers five compelling and diverse plays that seem timely and fun.
