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Local Commentaries

Is Anybody Sorry Anymore?

In today’s generation, the simple phrase “I’m sorry” is used far less than it should be. Instead, many people play the blame game or deflect responsibility rather than taking personal accountability for their actions and choices. Receiving an apology for an unprovoked action of ...

Shoveling For Sunshine

I’m on it. I checked. In March, spring is slated to arrive on time. The sun will cross the equator around March 20, heralding the arrival of the new season. Do you have your doubts? Last year, it took more than a month for spring to remember its agreement, but it’s like this every ...

Securing Our Elections Hinders Cheating

Let’s suppose. Let’s suppose you went into a bank and tried to open an account or take out a loan without proving your identity. Let’s suppose you tried to get a hunting or fishing license without proving your identity. Let’s suppose you tried to buy a gun legally without proving ...

Voting Should Never Depend On Paperwork

In the art world, the provenance of an object establishes a documented history of ownership—a “biography” of sorts, integral to verifying authenticity and establishing legal ownership. Tracing provenance is instrumental in identifying forgeries or fraud. To prevent fraud in elections, ...

We Must Act Together

I recently watched the new Netflix documentary that tells the story of the US Hockey Team and its journey to the gold medal at the 1980 Olympic Games in Lake Placid; “Miracle: The Boys of the ‘80s”. I can vividly remember watching this play out on live television- a group of purely ...

Dunkirk Doesn’t Need A Nuclear-Powered NRG

George Borello wants you to spend hundreds of millions of dollars for electricity you don’t need. NRG shut down the Dunkirk plant in 2016 because there was no market for the expensive electricity it generated. George now wants to re-power the NRG plant but his recent editorial promoting the ...