Category: International

Situation in Ukraine unlike all other recent fiascos

You probably have heard discussions on various newscasts about how differently Americans are reacting to the Ukrainian refugee crisis. With refugees from Syria, Central America, or Afghanistan, opinions varied widely in the United States about how much we should help. For refugees coming over our southern border, there has been

Diving into record book

By Sue Klein One-hundred and thirty athletes represented 26 countries and went to Belgrade, Serbia June 21-27 for the World Championship of Indoor Freediving, and for the first time in history, the United States was present. In a sport practiced for centuries around the world in areas with access to

Finisterre brings Camino de Santiago trip to a close

Editor’s note: Rick McKay, Joe Masonick, and Jack Karolewski, have been travel companions for more than 50 years to a variety of sites with many goals. This week’s adventure is the 32nd and final in the series, a 14-day hike in 2005 across northern Spain’s intriguing Camino de Santiago, known

No Egypt money in relief bill

February 22, 2021Dear editor; A letter to the editor in the Oswego Ledger in the February 18 issue, stated that the last stimulus package addressing COVID-19 relief included things such as $1.3 Billion for Egypt, and so on. I did not think that foreign expenditures were part of the COVID-19

Leny, grandmama of Camino, recalls World War II fright

Editor’s note: Rick McKay, Joe Masonick, and Jack Karolewski, have been travel companions for more than 50 years to a variety of sites with many goals. This week’s adventure is the 28th in the series, a 14-day hike in 2005 across northern Spain’s intriguing Camino de Santiago known as the