Mike Goodwin has been a stock broker, garbage man, and house painter. He has been a journalist since 1995 and the Times Union has been his home since 2002. As a news editor, he’s on the front ...

A glance across America and Europe leads to an unmistakable conclusion: Revolution is in the air. The failures of democracies are sparking internal upheavals. Thankfully, spasms of violence and ...