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Local Commentaries

More To Story Of Starry Stonewort In Lake

A recent editorial “Expansion of Starry Stonewort in Chautauqua Lake Is Worrisome” rightly raises concerns about Starry Stonewort in Chautauqua Lake, but it lacks important context and accuracy. As stated in the editorial, Dr. Rob Richardson of NC State, presenting at last weekend’s ...

The New York RAPID ACT Must Be Scrapped

“The RAPID Act [Renewable Action Through Project Interconnection and Deployment Act] streamlines the process while protecting local input and the environment.” - NY Public Service Commission. The assertion that New York’s energy policy is “protecting the environment” is false. The ...

Don’t Drink The Cremer Cocktail

Seeing a quote by a clergyman slick enough to jack-knife a semi on a slippery highway, red lights flashed when reading a letter to the PJ 3/22. The quote by Rev. Benjamin Cremer said that “nowhere in the Bible does it say that those who follow Jesus should stop the government from helping ...

High Court Should Clarify Anthony List

Opportunities to fix U.S. Supreme Court opinions can be infrequent. Very infrequent. It took until 2018 for the court to abrogate its 1944 Japanese-internment-camp opinion in Korematsu v. United States. Now the high court has an opportunity to clarify a 2014 opinion that has caused ...

Simple Games

Today I would like to try an experiment. Before you read this get a piece of paper and write down all of the simple games that you can think of. Many of them require a minimum of equipment. After you have made your list, then read and compare. First, I begin with a tag. There are all types of ...

What Does The American Legion Represent?

Recently on March 15, the American Legion celebrated its 106th birthday and is heralded as the oldest and largest veterans’ group in the USA. The organization was formed in 1919 by a group of veterans who had served in World War I and returned home to discover that many soldiers were ...