Wes Kennison
U.S. politics as seen through a Central American lens
My time in Nicaragua was an opportunity to think about political labels and sound bites and how fraudulent and meaningless they can be.
More→Local government tax caps are designed to force consolidation
It doesn’t matter which of the eight school districts in the county wherein you may reside. Your district is being squeezed out of existence.
More→Explaining Geneseo politics across the river in York
Unlike some other towns in Livingston County, Geneseo’s politics is volatile. Elections often produce surprising results.
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Pancakes and history served in Short Tract
Any weekend that involves two trips to Cartwright’s Mapple Tree Inn pancake house in Short Tract is by definition a good weekend.
More→Help do your part to preserve Court Street’s oral history
If you have pictures of the Court Street area, we’d love to see them. Let’s bring this story into full before it’s lost forever.
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Plagues and disasters reveal the best and worst of humanity
I just returned from Haiti with a group of students interested in studying the effects of the cholera epidemic that has been raging there since the earthquake.
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Manual labor takes mental discipline
Work that requires us to solve problems is good for us. Work that requires us to be patient and attentive to detail is good for us.
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In search of Beansville
A new SUNY Geneseo class will take college students on a "pilgrimage" through Court Street’s hidden history.
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On Walden Pond after an election
It was wonderful to sit on the banks of Walden Pond and see the fiery colors of autumn reflected on its crystalline surface and dream of new ways to provoke important conversations.
More→Rural schools on the brink
Rural communities have very little political clout. That has resulted in a policies that are self-contradictory and self-destructive.
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