Matt Veitch is stepping from the negotiating table to the archives, trading 18 years of civic leadership for the work of preserving Saratoga’s story. We explore how a fifth-generation Saratogian plans to bring the city’s history into the digital age and make it accessible to everyone.

Nathan Richardson channeled the towering spirit of the abolitionist — squared shoulders, steady gaze, and a voice resonant with conviction.

This series marked the beginning of our collaboration with the Saratoga Book Festival and the Academy for Lifelong Learning.

Seeing the potential for a great collaboration, we demonstrated the remarkable powers of AI to Saratoga Torch Club President Gerald Stulc, generating in a couple of hours a magazine-length profile in the style of Ernest Hemingway.

When Skidmore College political science professor Beau Breslin invited first-year student Prairie Gunnels to explore what a U.S. Constitution written by Generation Z might look like—with help from ChatGPT—it sparked a groundbreaking experiment in civic imagination.

What if the U.S. Constitution were rewritten every generation? In a thought experiment that began in 2010, Beau Breslin explores Thomas Jefferson’s vision of generational renewal—culminating in a bold call for a constitutional convention.

He envisioned more poetry and campus walks when he attained emeritus status, but instead answered a spritiual call to compassion and justice and founded the Saratoga Immigration Coalition.