Loss of an innovator
Innovation is a word that gets bandied about a lot these days; Steve Jobs defined that word. Looking over Jobs’ life work, which includes the personal computer, the iPod and the iPad, it’s hard not to marvel at the way…
Future just got real
Watch an episode of “The Jetsons” and you will see the future, and the past. The idealized future has the human racing in the clouds, almost godlike with their technological breakthroughs and interstellar travel to the masses that can only…
Pay attention to pay
This week began with a flurry of talk about how much professors and college administrators are paid. Last week’s Oswegonian included a prominent article, the cover story, in fact, that included facts about payments for campus workers, some examples of…
Dead wrong on funeral ban
The Oswego County Legislature will vote on legislation that prohibits groups or individuals from picketing or disrupting military funerals in Oswego County. They are planning on voting on Oct. 13. The law prohibits demonstrations within 500 feet of a funeral…
Staff Editorial 9/9/11
“9/11 changed everything.” Fifty years from now that phrase will be in every history book of every social studies class in America. But when it appears there, it will not express a continuing truth. Instead, the phrase will appear to…
