A couple weeks ago I wrote a column about nature. While I love nature, I am not so enthused about several animals that I did not mention that have descended on Hickory Heights in the last couple weeks. Something is making it very difficult to grow anything. I planted flowers in my stone ...

One of the key sticking points in the negotiations over raising the debt ceiling centered upon work requirements for welfare. On one side, Republicans sought to enact work requirements for able-bodied adults on Medicaid, the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP), and the Temporary ...

A Massachusetts school ordered a 12 year old boy to remove his t-shirt saying, “There are only 2 genders.” The school’s bias to pride, not free speech, overruled. Favoring the pride-friendly language of the cultural Marxists, gender ideologues and LGBTQ, your local school’s ...

The other day, I got off the Thruway at the Silver Creek Exit and drove home on the back roads. It was a delightful trip through the small towns and rural communities of Chautauqua County. The route and roads themselves haven’t changed. A well-paved county road runs fairly straight from ...

NEW YORK CITY—File this one under “I.” For Ironic. Or to put it less politely: File this one under “A.” For Audacious. ı ı ı New York City wanted to be, and announced itself as, as a “sanctuary city.” Now, though, it says it can’t handle all who have recently ...

The other night while I was scrolling through the television schedule, I noticed a movie was on that I had watched years ago. I remember going to see it at the theater. I also bought the album to enjoy long after that. “West Side Story” was on Sunday night. I thoroughly enjoyed ...