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After all, life is rarely as black-and-white as the political insiders and cable commentators pretend, and the choices we face are less about right versus wrong and more about seeing and honoring the nuances of each day.

That’s how we see it in Upstate America, anyhow. Read along with us for a while, and see if it doesn’t help you better understand some of the complex issues we confront.

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