The 99th Academy Awards is still about four months away. But commentator Jackson Murphy has already seen three films that are surefire contenders in major categories.

James Ketterer gives a commentary on 'The Seductive Nature of Normalcy' James Ketterer is director of extension programs and professor of practice at the American University of Armenia. He is a frequent panelist on The Roundtable.

"I am neither registered Democrat nor Republican, and I have for the last six decades voted as an Independent. For me, independent thought is crucial."

This weekend at PS21, French artists François Chaignaud and Aymeric Hainaux present Mirlitons, a 70-minute movement and sound duet. Chaignaud is a dancer, choreographer, and singer; Hainaux is a musician, singer, and beatboxer.

Well, here we are again. Another headline in the news. Another sexual assault case under investigation. Lives forever changed. Another round of people choosing sides and verbally throwing stones, and we weren’t even there, nor do we have all the facts…and due to privacy laws, we may never have them.

This past weekend, New Yorkers began to go to the polls to vote in the 2026 election. On the ballot, there are elections for Congress, statewide offices, the state legislature, and many local offices. That last one is new — a new law moved many races for local office to even-numbered years in an effort to boost voter participation.

"This is Halloween! This is Halloween!" Do you recognize that? It's from one of my favorite movies to watch this time of year: the 1993 stop-motion animated classic Tim Burton's "The Nightmare Before Christmas." It was released by Touchstone Pictures, a division of Disney, so I consider Jack Skellington and Sally one of the best couples ever in a Disney animated movie.

There’s a lot of ways for football coaches to get fired. Maybe the easiest one is to lose a lot of games. You can also lose the support of your players or get into a fight with your school administration or team owners. The one thing that typically doesn’t get you fired is winning. And winning by a lot.

It was called the Passover Plot. In the Middle Ages, a story originated that Jews would routinely catch Christian children, kill them and use their blood to make matzoh - the unleavened bread eaten during the Passover holidays. That meme persisted as an effective prop to antisemitism up through the era of Nazi Germany.

Racism is alive and well in the Capital Region, and the most recent example, which has caught both local and national attention, comes from Colonie Central High School.