How Safe is the U.S. Power Grid?

How Safe is the U.S. Power Grid?

By Terry Jarrett At any one time, the United States uses more thanย 400,000ย megawatts of electricity. Thatโ€™s a lot of power, and it takes a lot of non-stop work to keep it flowing. But how safe is Americaโ€™s power grid from cyber attacks and other disruptions? Cyber intrusions are no longer a theoretical possibility. In March, […]

Letter to the Editor

Letter to the Editor

BY ZACHARY FISCH I write to express my profound disappointment that Congresswoman Nita Lowey refused to support the select committee on a Green New Deal. It is yet another example of her inaction and complacency in the face of crisis. As an 8th Grader at The Masters School, my teachers took our class to see […]

Good Riddance, Mr. Sandusky

BY DIANE DIMOND As my mother used to say, “He looked like death warmed over.” When Jerry Sandusky entered the courthouse in Bellefonte, Pa., to hear his sentence, he looked like a completely different man. Gone was the suit and tie I saw him wear each day of his child sex abuse trial. Gone was […]

Unendorsed Candidate Blasts GOP and Conservative Party Leaders

BY COLIN SCHMITT, Candidate for NYS Assembly 99th District (Town of Stony Point, parts of Orange County) Theย revered General George S. Patton once said, โ€œBetter to fight for something than live for nothing.โ€ This maxim is one that I have endeavored to carry out in my own life, and also in my campaign to be […]