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Will Hulk Hogan Be In The Administration?

Now that a Fox News celebrity has been nominated to be Secretary of Defense and a former top executive at World Wrestling Entertainment (WWE) tapped to run the Education Department, it would seem likely that there could be a job opening for Hulk Hogan in the federal government. As the old saying goes: “To the victor belong the spoils.” That policy has generally been followed by both Democratic and Republican administrations over the years. I guess the difference this time is that personal loyalty seems paramount over experience and more political appointees are coming from the ...

The New York State Super-Folly Act

The NYS Governor recently signed a $75 Billion “Superfund” law to compensate so-called “victims” for “damages” done by “extreme climate events”. This is laughable on all accounts, but the effect on our society won’t be. While the rest of the world is discovering the fraud behind climate castrophism, our Governor is digging in. 10 years ago “climate experts” told us the Great Barrier Reef was dying from global warming; now it is bigger and healthier than ever. We were also told that climate change was killing all the honeybees, which would destroy ...

Bills, Fans Have Earned Ultimate Victory

ORCHARD PARK—It’s that time of year again. Yes, it’s Epiphany. And it’s January, which means ski and snowmobile seasons are upon us. Yet neither of those is what today’s column is about. ♦♦♦ It’s National Football League playoff time, and you, Buffalo Bills’ fans, can enjoy what in recent years has come to be common: Your team, which in the 2000s and 2010s went almost two decades without a playoff appearance, is in the post-season tournament. Again. And the team is the No. 2 seed in the American Football Conference. Again. That means the Bills’ ...

Making Memories Around The Table

As we sat in my kitchen on Christmas Eve, I realized that we were making memories. This was the Christmas when my daughter-in-law was with her ailing father. This was the Christmas that my granddaughter could not make it home because of her work commitment. The table that we sat around used to be in my great-grandfather’s home. It became mine years ago. One time when we were putting in the extra leaves, we discovered what I think is a date. We found a date in the 1870s. I am not positive that this is the date that it was manufactured, but if not, I know it is old. My grandfather told ...

Jimmy Carter: A Life Well-Lived

America lost an icon this past week...Jimmy Carter. In many ways, he was an anomaly in our national politics—a peanut farmer who came from nowhere to win the Presidency. When I say “nowhere,” I do not mean to disrespect the people of Plains, Georgia. But, even people from Plains would never have predicted it. To bring it close to home, it would be like someone from around here predicting that Robert Jackson from Frewsburg, N.Y. would become a U.S. Attorney General, Supreme Court Justice and Chief American Prosecutor at Nuremberg. These things just don’t happen very ...

Building A Better Future

Ask most people what a construction worker looks like and they’ll likely describe a man wearing a bright yellow hard hat and vest directing traffic, using a jackhammer, or pouring cement at a dangerous-looking construction site. That’s because most of us don’t see many construction workers other than in movies or on TV shows unless we drive by them while they work to build or repair roads or buildings in our neighborhoods. Considering construction work can be a high-paying and rewarding career choice, its high time we let go of our tired old stereotypes. This is especially true ...