Stuart Shinske
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Past articles by Stuart:
Editor column: I escaped into the woods
The canopy of interlocking trees, their long grayish limbs stretched tall and wide, offer an embrace almost as a parent would. → Read More
Editor's column: Even more stars in the mid-Hudson Valley
Yep, you can certainly see the stars in the mid-Hudson Valley! → Read More
Editor's column: Famous make mid-Hudson Valley their home
They chose to live here. They made history here. They brought fame here. And they call this area home. Who are they? → Read More
Editor column: News breaks, plans change
The plan was in place. Then big news broke. That original plan? Toss it aside. Start again.Wednesday morning, spanning 90 minutes, was an example of how newsrooms jump into action. → Read More
Editor column: Are presidential candidates' health public information?
So, do you really need to know? Should you be told? That’s where the debate begins. Where does it end? Don’t waste your time on prophesy. → Read More
Editor's column: Heroin forum to address crisis, solutions
There’s the new addict, intrigued by the allure, the power, the high of heroin. There’s the hard-core drug user. There’s the overdose victim -- perhaps alive, perhaps dead. → Read More
Editor column: How a plane helped tell the Gap warehouse fire story
The image was powerful: Firefighters, high in the air on a fire truck’s ladder, silhouetted against a sky of orange flames, spraying water on an inferno. → Read More
Editor column: Meet the president; he's more than just a publisher
This past Thursday, Aug. 11, the Poughkeepsie Journal marked its 231st birthday. Now, we do things our founder never dreamed of in 1785. → Read More
Editor's column: Um, no... not all the news is fit to print
Lady Gaga is moving to Poughkeepsie? Your cat-food coupon expired? Um, no, not all the news is fit to print. → Read More
Editor column: Where have you gone, Ham Fish?
Flamboyant? No. Public-service driven? Yes. He was a congressman who cared about getting things done. → Read More
Editor column: More mayhem, more pain. Where are answers?
Editor column: More mayhem, more pain. Where are answers? → Read More
Editor column: Who’ll revive these ‘zombie’ buildings?
The buildings are abandoned, their futures unknown, their pasts well-chronicled. Will these “zombies” get new life? → Read More
Editor's column: It's important to do the right thing
The challenge, and the opportunity, are there every day.You do your best to do your job. Your tools are accuracy. Ethics. Respect. Responsibility. Fairness. And a range of other principles governing how to serve those who turn to you. → Read More
Editor column: Crooked politicians: Get your hands out of our pockets
Hey, you: Get your butt in that cell. And you, over there: Get behind those prison bars. Now. Prison for the crooks? Right on! → Read More
Editor's column: A great guide to the great outdoors
When I ran, the vistas were inspiring. Learn about plenty of great outdoors events with a Journal special report. → Read More
Editor column: A web windfall
Their routine business with the companies apparently done, their lives went on. → Read More
Editor's column: Finding the line of decorum
Where exactly is the line of decorum?It’s more rubbery than ever in today’s social-media world. It flexes to suit the moment or an agenda.That’s a big change. And that’s not always good.Example 1: A U.S. Supreme Court justice dies. → Read More
Editor's column: Polarizing presidency in the offing
Well now, this is shaping up to be historic, isn't it? → Read More
Editor column: Awards are nice, but great work is the goal
Any honors are appreciated and welcomed, but the ongoing quest is for continued excellence. → Read More
Editor's column: It's all art to photographer Patrick Oehler
See that picture attached? That’s one heck of a photo. → Read More