Editorials

By Ken Paulsen, president of the Newseum and the Freedom Forum, Washington, D.C., and former editor of USA Today
I can understand why newspapers are not viewed as trendy today. After all, they were really the iPods of 1690.

Once in a while I spend a dollar or two and buy a Lottery ticket. I know that I have very little chance of beating the long odds and winning. I also know that playing the Lottery is simply paying a voluntary tax to New York State. But, I do it any way. I do it because I get a dollar’s worth of entertainment by daydreaming about how I would spend the proceeds if I won. I keep the ticket in my wallet for weeks after the drawing date because when I look at the numbers on my ticket and compare my numbers to the winning numbers, that’s when the dream ends and reality sets in.

Jim and Susan Kelly, owners of Susan’s Pleasant Pheasant Farm Bed and Breakfast in Halcottsville, received a letter last week telling them that Delaware County is starting eminent domain proceedings to take possession of their historic inn.
The reason for this action is so that the Halcottsville bridge, which is situated close to the inn, can be replaced.