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Making Whine From Sour Grapes

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 the Left’s “sharp-as-tacks” candidate got beat by a convicted felon, simply because the felon’s policies didn’t insult working Americans like policies of the Left. Hope now exists to eliminate the Marxo-Fascist parasite we have endured for 12 of the last 16 years. Whine-makers ...

Getting Old Is Bipartisan

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 Democrat, who is my age, fell on some stairs at a palace in Luxembourg where she was commemorating with other members of Congress the 80th anniversary of the Battle of the Bulge. Some say that she tripped because she still wears spike heels...but that, as far as I know, has not been confirmed. The ...

Is Subsidized Air Service Worth It?

There’s a scene in Jurassic Park where Dr. Ian Malcolm, played by Jeff Goldblum, looks at the park’s creators and says, “Your scientists were so preoccupied with whether or not they could, they didn’t stop to think if they should. It’s a fitting parallel to the conversation about reinstating Essential Air Service (EAS) at Chautauqua County Jamestown Airport. Maybe it’s possible to bring back government subsidized commercial flights, but should we? I am a Jamestown native who, like many of my JHS Class of 2001 classmates moved away after high school in pursuit of a career. ...

When Is America Actually Great Again?

How do we make America great and what does that mean? Is America great because it has good values? Is America great because our vision of the world is positive? I don’t really know how to interpret “Make America Great Again.” Could it be that we are a Christian nation because we say “in God we trust” on all our money? Is that what makes us great? Or is it because God has blessed us so richly that we must therefore be great? I am frustrated by the idea of “Make America Great Again” when there is no reference to what makes us great and who determines that! The ...

Immigration And The American Dream

I am a third-generation American citizen. My grandfather was born here, to immigrant parents who came from Alcamo, Sicily to the United States, looking for a better life. As an Italian-American and a Roman Catholic, he experienced job discrimination and prejudice, as the culture of the day stereotyped Italians a lazy and untrustworthy. My grandfather would rarely tell the stories of what life was like, as a first-generation American. He was hardworking, resilient, funny – and he shielded us from just how difficult his life was. This week, I was deeply troubled by Congressman Nick ...

Bad Calls Don’t Diminish Bills’, Fans’ Accomplishments

ORCHARD PARK—In the days before the 2025 American Football Conference championship game between the Buffalo Bills and the Kansas City Chiefs, there circulated many spoofs humorously suggesting that National Football League referees were in cahoots with the Chiefs. Yes, you saw them, didn’t you? You saw, for example, spoof photos of referees wearing not black and white stripes but red and white stripes with the Chiefs’ insignia on the shirts. You saw spoof movies of referees making calls favoring the Chiefs. Although the spoofs were—and continue to be—funny, no one ...