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What Happened To “Back The Blue”?

One hundred and thirty eight police officers were injured on January 6, 2021, while trying to protect the U.S. Capitol. They were attacked by a mob wielding baseball bats, flagpoles, fire extinguishers, pepper spray, bear spray, and in some cases, the officers’ own weapons. Following the attack, Republican lawmakers, including Majority Leader Mitch McConnell and Senator Ted Cruz, laid the blame squarely at the feet of Donald Trump. They called the attempt to overturn the results of the election, “terrorism”. Most of us watched the events of that terrible day on television. We ...

Deconstructing The Green Scheme

For years we have endured the unending mantra against “greedy” oil companies, while hearing no criticism for greedy Green Energy companies gobbling up $Trillions in corporate welfare. It seems rather duplicitous. The Climate Cult claimed that “Green Energy” was so cheap we could practically give it away. If this was so, then why are Green Energy leaders like England and Germany going broke paying for electricity? Knowing what has happened to England and Germany, why is NYS still burning taxpayer money on subsidies and giveaways for Wind, Solar, and Battery farms? Why is the CHQ ...

Root For Challengers Supporting Lake

CHAUTAUQUA LAKE—Let’s pick up where we left off on Labor Day weekend 2024. As of Jan. 1, 2025, New York state Department of Environmental Conservation, or DEC, regulations expand the control of “wetlands.” Those who in 2024 denied that the regulations would lead to any of Chautauqua Lake, any land along it, or any land back from it being wetlands were mistaken. You, faithful reader of this column, already understand that these regulations can have the effect of turning much of Chautauqua Lake into a weed farm. You, faithful reader of this column, further understand the impact ...

Feels Like I Am Snowed In!!!

No, I am not actually snowed in, but it feels like it. Now do not get me wrong. I do not mind being home. I like the feeling of being in a safe place. Years ago, I told my minister that I would not be in church if I was not sure I could get back home. He was not impressed. Later that year when he had to come to my house, he admitted that now he understood. I live on a hill. In fact, no matter which way I go, the last stretch is uphill. The first time I got stuck was years ago. I tried to get home but a telephone truck was stuck on the hill and I could not get around it. I turned around ...

The Ice Fishermen Are Back!

The other day, late in the afternoon, the dogs exploded with barking. Usually, that happens when an unfamiliar delivery truck comes down the driveway. This time, it was the almost predictable annual arrival of a good friend who had come to park his pickup truck and then walk out to test the thickness of the ice. Sure enough, he walked a couple of hundred yards offshore, put a drill bit to work through the ice, and a good solid 3 or 4 inches of ice core was revealed. It was time to fish! He was back about an hour later, just at dusk, with a old ice-fishing pal... and soon their tent ...

America’s Taxes Mock The American Dream

We’ve been told all our lives that America is a land of equal opportunity. We’ve been told that everyone has an equal chance of getting ahead—of landing a good job, making decent money, having a place to call their own. This ideal has long been called the American Dream. It’s a pleasing phrase, but it runs head-on into an un-pleasing fact. The late comedian George Carlin said it all with a memorable wake-up call: “The reason they call it the American Dream is because you have to be asleep to believe it.” Politicians have been proving Carlin right for decades, Republicans ...