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BRIGHT SPOTS: Week of July 16, 2025

Here are only a few of the many bright spots.

LEONARD QUART: Pain and politics

Of course, there is the political world, which somehow I continue to obsess about -- aching and all. 

Seven Democrats seek chance to unseat Republican John Faso in crucial NY-19 district

The Democratic candidates debate lasted nearly three hours and covered issues from Trump's new tariffs, how to protect the EPA and deal with a shortage of farm workers as well as questions on immigration reform, gun control and health care.

In NY-19 race, Democratic candidates take shots at ‘empty suit’ Faso

Though its boundaries have shifted in recent years, NY-19 has been represented by a mix of Democrats and Republicans over the decades.

Youthful challenger races around NY-19 in bid to ‘repeal and replace’ Faso

Rhodes, who exudes the boyish charm one would expect from a guy who grew up on a Bruderhof farm in Ulster County and eventually found his way to Harvard Law School, saves his best shots for the man he wants to replace: first-term Republican Rep. John Faso.

Mother Nature’s already voted

In his letter to the editor, Robert Connors writes: “I think that as a nation, we are slowly witnessing a simultaneous undercurrent of a Phoenix-like rebirth.”

KALCHEIM: Albany boss is cuffed; stop whining about Citizens United

Instead of complaining about the power of the Koch brothers, why don’t liberals work at establishing more of a talk radio presence of their own to counter Rush Limbaugh, who, in my opinion, is much more influential than the Kochs.
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