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Recommended by REX SMITH

In the 1700s, the British derisively called hostile colonists “yankees.” The word came to define a people who turned their crankiness into a new nation. I'm a Cranky Yankee for modern times.

Decoding Fox News

I watch all the Fox News you'd never want to.

The Crucial Years

By Bill McKibben

Working on Winning the Climate Fight

If only American politicians had listened to Bill McKibben when he first began to warn us of how severe the impact of climate change could be. His Substack newsletter remains essential reading (as is his memoir, "The Flag, The Cross and The Station Wagon").

- REX SMITH

Robert Reich

Daily newsletter exposing where power lies — and how it's used and abused

The Hartmann Report

By Thom Hartmann

A Daily Newsletter of Renaissance Thinking about Progressive Politics, Economics, Science, and the Political News Issues of Our Day

Maybe you don't believe there is such a thing as talk radio on the left -- but this guy does it, and he's better at it than anybody. Check out the Substack newsletter; his columns are often simply brilliant, with insights you won't find elsewhere.

- REX SMITH

The Front Page - Upstate New York

By Ken Tingley

Exclusive content from retired Glens Falls (NY) Post-Star editors Ken Tingley and Will Doolittle about the world, state of New York and Adirondack region of upstate New York delivered four times a week.

Second Rough Draft

By Dick Tofel

Journalism in our time

If you read The Upstate American because you've heard The Media Project on Northeast Public Radio, you'll find more thoughtful analysis of American journalism here.

- REX SMITH

The Cottage

By Diana Butler Bass

Part retreat, part think tank. A place for inspiration and ideas about culture, faith, and spirit.

Letters from an American

By Heather Cox Richardson

A newsletter about the history behind today's politics.

The wide-ranging intellect of historian Heather Cox Richardson is what first drew me to Substack. I wish I had her energy! If you believe that history echoes through contemporary events, you'll want to read her.

- REX SMITH