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Opinion

The Sweetest Sound In Western New York

Local Commentaries

Every year in Western New York there comes a moment, usually sometime around late April, or in our case late May, when people begin emerging from their homes with the dazed expression of survivors stepping out of underground bunkers. Somebody hears birds chirping again. Somebody else catches ...

Keep ‘Memorial’ Foremost In Mind On Memorial Day

In Our Opinion

Sadly enough, many Americans unintentionally will disrespect the true meaning and purpose of today's solemn national holiday. After all, ever since 1971 when Congress declared Memorial Day a national holiday to be observed on the fourth Monday in May, for many, the holiday is simply the ...

No to industrial wind in Chautauqua County

Local Commentaries

600 foot Industrial wind turbines across Chautauqua County? No! Residents suffering from “wind turbine sickness” who live with turbines in Arkwright, Cassadaga, and Forestville/Villenova have described the symptoms they experience to the Chautauqua County Health Board in March 2026. ...

Is One Person/One Vote Rule In Jeopardy?

Local Commentaries

As the Warren Supreme Court wisely declared in the famous voting rights case Wesberry v. Sanders (1964), which established the One Person/One Vote rule, "the weight and worth of the citizens' votes as nearly as is practicable must be the same.” In other words, the weight and worth of all ...

President Trump’s Trip To China

Local Commentaries

We have had a year of confrontations under Donald Trump—the humiliation of the President of Ukraine in the Oval Office, the put-down of the Prime Minister of Canada, threats against our ally Denmark to take over Greenland...I could go on. Thus, it was with a sigh of relief that we watched ...