Opinion & Editorials
Editorial cartoons for Nov. 23, 2025: Saudi prince visit; Epstein legislation; ‘Quiet, piggy’
The week in visual commentary.
Public has right to know what feds said to get warrant for Cato immigration raid (Editorial Board Opinion)
Federal Magistrate Judge Therese Wiley-Dancks should unseal the administrative warrant and supporting documents so we can discern if government's ends justify the means.
Views of Elise Stefanik’s bid for NY governor (Your Letters)
Letter writers riff on GOP candidate's MAGA credentials, alignment with CNY values, kneejerk support from local Republicans.
Builder group: NY should focus energy efficiency efforts on existing homes (Your Letters)
Mandate for all-electric buildings is paused but new codes will raise cost of home construction, writes CEO of Home Builders & Remodelers of Central New York.
Masculinity crisis is rooted in low literacy, academic disengagement (Your Letters)
Rev. Michael Heath diagnosed the problem but misattributes the cause, says the letter writer. Boys are not developing habits that support their emotional development.
Tom Moran: The Founders didn’t imagine a president like Trump.
Trump can find enough scoundrels to do any foul duty that he requests, especially with a pardon in mind.
Finally, a reasonable response to the the masculinity crisis (Guest Opinion by Michael Heath)
Author, governor grapple with the alienation, rage, declining performance, increasing clinical depression and suicide affecting young men, writes local counselor.
Concrete plant would bring jobs to Syracuse (Your Letters)
Letter writer supports Heidelberg's plan to restart concrete batch plant on Spencer Street, near the aquarium.
Another view of ICE raid: Ashamed of federal government, proud of Syracuse (Your Letters)
"Thank you for giving Rick Reina the opportunity to speak out for those who are even more vulnerable and do not have their connections and resources," says the letter writer.
Hogan: Council, not appointed board, should have final say on historic properties (Your Letters)
Proposed law "recognizes that historic status and present-day needs must be balanced in a transparent, democratic way," writes 2nd District councilor.
Reactions to ‘When ICE came for Jeremy’: Staying on expired visa has consequences (Your Letters)
Letter writers have little sympathy for man pursued by ICE for living in this country without permission.
Evicting 91-year-old woman for Micron project is cruel (Your Letters)
Being forced to move out of one's longrime residence is both emotionally and physically difficult in advanced old age, says the letter writer, a social work professor emeritus.
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