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Local Commentaries

Trump’s Economic Policies Are Taking U.S. Backward

Jim Farley, CEO of Ford Motor Company, has taken six trips to China to study their automotive industry. “It’s the most humbling thing I’ve ever seen“, he said after returning from his latest trip. “They have far superior in-vehicle technology,” the Ford CEO said. “You get in, you ...

Bridge Project Progresses Despite Issues

For those who use the Chautauqua Lake Bridge on a daily basis, there has been recent good news—there is now a “temporary” exit ramp for Bemus Point on the eastbound lane just as you cross the bridge. Businesses in Bemus and the Village had been asking that this be done, and, to its ...

A View From Lake Erie

I (Michael Dee) have lived most of my life on Lake Erie. In 1955 my dad escaped the city and bought a place on the lake, hoping to expand a boat livery there. But the devil fools with the best laid plans. Lake Erie nearly died in the 1960s, as did our boat livery. Today, while fishing five ...

“New School Year, New Possibilities”

As a public-school educator for 25 years, I have enjoyed an annual fresh start in early September. New students, new teachers, new pencils, new books to read… the excitement of our students coming back and the feeling that the opportunities are endless are definite perks of the job. Aside ...

Justice Requires Pardoning Jason McGuire

GENESEO—No one could have reasonably anticipated that at 5 p.m. on summer of 2025 Fridays, supporters of Rev. Jason McGuire would gather with him near the Livingston County jail entrance just before his surrender for weekend-long incarceration. Yet that’s what has ...

Better Ways Than Tariffs To Help Middle America

The August 16 commentary by Scott Axelson and Michael Dee concludes that “Tariffs are only a tax in uneducated minds suffering from Trump Derangement Syndrome.” I consider my mind to be reasonably well educated on business and economics, but I struggle to find any coherent argument in ...