Even the New York Times business section, The Wall Street Journal, and Bloomberg News fail to do any investigative reporting on both the short- and long-term corrosive effects (during my 77 years) on our domestic economy of the U.S.'s reflexive spending on war and preparation for war.
Now it looks like the door is opening for sports betting at upstate casinos. When all else fails to bring economic vitality to upstate, bring on the betting.
