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WAMCAs someone who was born totally blind just after the ADA was passed I am proud of how blindness has shaped who I am. Because of the ADA I am able to use screen-reading software on my computer called JAWS to help me work. This same software also allowed me to complete high school and get my B.A. in Communications from the now closed College of Saint Rose in Albany. -
WAMCIt was with some interest that Gardner visited Rolling Hills and Gracious Fields, a new show at the Columbia County Historical Society in Kinderhook, New York. Devoted to the county’s Hudson River School artists, their subject matter was the views outside their windows, or at least within easy hiking distance.
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There is an old political adage: “Money is the mother’s milk of politics.” It means that political power flows from large war chests to candidates and to lobbying efforts that influence government decisions. -
When I was a kid, I remember a radio show called Amicus Curiae. It followed a character who would intervene in court cases as a “friend of the Court.”
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Commentary & Opinion: The legacy of this cup will go far beyond the winner, especially here in the U.S.
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Christopher Nolan is one of the most popular filmmakers of our time. His latest drama, an adaptation of Homer's "The Odyssey," with a star-studded cast led by Matt Damon as Odysseus, opens in theaters on July 17th.
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Most of us will never know the anxiety that surely arises when an FBI agentknocks on your door with a subpoena – that is, demanding that you appear before a grand jury investigating what you have done, fully lawfully, at work.
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Beyond the festivities surrounding the New York City Ballet’s 60th Anniversary at the Saratoga Performing Arts Center, including the return of A Midsummer Night’s Dream, the George Balanchine ballet that inaugurated SPAC in 1966, Friday afternoon’s Saratoga premiere of a major new ballet also invites celebration.
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Unlike Shakespeare’s comedy, George Balanchine’s great ballet of A Midsummer Night’s Dream is no talk and all dance.
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The headlines were as predictable as the opening whistle. Another World Cup arrived trailing controversy: immigration crackdowns, militarized security, exorbitant ticket prices, thousand-dollar train rides.
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Public education has always been one of America’s boldest ideas.
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This week we celebrate the 250th anniversary of the signing of our Declaration of Independence. Looking back at that moment in time, it’s clear now this was a watershed moment not only for our country, but for all of humanity.