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Opinion

‘Quid Pro-Quo’ From Trump Administration

Letters To The Editor

To The Reader’s Forum: Here we go again! Here’s another example of a “quid pro-quo” from the Trump administration! This time it comes from within the United States instead of between Trump and Ukrainian President Zelenskyy, which led to Trump’s first impeachment. When Trump ...

Sweden’s Lessons For America

Local Commentaries

About six years ago, economist Johan Norberg produced a documentary about Sweden’s recent economic transformations entitled “Sweden: Lessons for America.” The program is very informative as well as entertaining, and will challenge what you thought you knew. You can still catch it on ...

Nuclear Industry Over-Promises And Fails To Deliver

Local Commentaries

Microsoft recently signed an agreement with Constellation Energy to restart the 50-year-old Unit 1 nuclear power plant at Three Mile Island. Microsoft would be the only customer, buying all the electricity to power their data centers. Three Mile Island Unit 2 was the one that melted down in ...

What Happened To The Grand Old Party?

Local Commentaries

It wasn’t that long ago that the Grand Old Party (GOP) was advocating for free trade and the elimination of tariffs and trade restrictions. The party also advocated for a bi-partisan foreign policy encouraging strong relationships with our allies through alliances like NATO in order to ...

Old Fashioned Winters Have Way More Snow Than This

Local Commentaries

To be sure, this winter has blessed—or cursed, depending on your perspective—us with more snow than several recent winters. Yet this winter has been no old-fashioned winter. Old-fashioned winters have way more snow than this. ♦♦♦ An old-fashioned winter in Western New York is ...