The year 2024 marks the 50th anniversary of the publication of The Roots of American Order, one of the many outstanding works by 20th century man of letters Dr. Russell Kirk. The Roots of American Order is a book for everyone. It’s for high-school American history pupils. It’s for college ...

There is a song called Hard Candy Christmas. I am not sure how many artists recorded this song, but the version that I have was recorded by Dolly Parton. It brings back wonderful memories for me. Grandma received a gift of some hard candy called Plantation Dainties. Some of them had filling ...

You may have read that a 250-MW, 1,000 MWh lithium-ion battery energy storage system (BESS) is proposed for Dunkirk. The glowing coverage neglects a few key issues. It is reported that the project will make no demands on municipal services. What about firefighting? The most ...

Now that our democracy has been saved by a mostly clean election, we turn to the next problem: Remove the cancerous unelected and unconstitutional Fourth branch of government from power. The Administrative (Deep) State operates outside the supervision of Congress, but inside the plausible ...

In 2017, the National Fuel Gas Company proposed the Northern Access Pipeline, a project to transport natural gas from Pennsylvania’s Marcellus Shale to Western New York, Canada, and the Midwest. This ambitious $500 million investment promised affordable energy and a vital economic boost to ...

Sometimes, in the heat of advocating for a cause, things get overstated and distorted. This has been the case where some, alleging that it would improve the environment, have been pushing to stop the use of all natural gas in our state. Just think what that would mean? The largest source of ...