Some years ago my granddaughter wrote a letter to the president asking him to take care of our environment. The White House was so impressed they invited our family to the annual Easter Egg Hunt. While there we went to the Capitol Building so my grandchildren would see for themselves where ...

Chaos, confusion and conflicting and constantly changing rules are harmful to human health. Most anyone can tell you that, probably because it isn’t real “science” but rather is old time common sense. Real science can support it, of course. Chaos is extremely stressful and currently a ...

KANSAS CITY, Kan.—Let’s pick up where we left off two weeks ago. The U.S. Supreme Court’s 2025 opinion in TikTok, Inc. v. Garland unanimously, masterfully resolved a complicated issue quickly. Applause, applause. Yet judges, including Supreme Court justices, aren’t ...

People often ask me where I get the ideas for my column. I tell them sometimes they come from conversation with others. Sometimes they come from reading things. Sometimes they come from life experiences. Sometimes they come from exposure to something. Today’s column comes from something ...

We in Chautauqua County know all about grapes and wine, and for more than 150 years we supplied the world. But now we have a new product from individuals in CHQ who have perfected the art of Making Whine from Sour Grapes. The Sour Grapes were grown in the soil of the November election, where ...

I don’t know if you saw it recently, but two political leaders in the Congress from different political parties who are over 80 years of age fell and were injured. Apparently, mother nature doesn’t care if you are a Republican or a Democrat when you are getting old. Nancy Pelosi, the ...