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Shoveling For Sunshine

Local Commentaries

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 year: life becomes a giant ketchup commercial, as we sit in anticipation of spring actually stepping up to the plate. It is the most rebellious of seasons. I remember volunteering for a Girl Scout camping trip for my daughter’s troop. They set the date for June 15th, and I spent the night in a ...

Federal Reserve Board: 90% Of Tariffs Are Paid By U.S.

Local Commentaries

When President Trump began in early 2025 imposing various tariffs on countries and products around the world there was debate about who would wind up bearing the cost of the Trump tariffs. (They are called Trump tariffs because the President has claimed the power to impose them with no further Congressional approval.) The Federal Reserve Bank of New York has now resolved the debate In 2025 the Bank found that American consumers and businesses bore about 90% of the cost of President Trump’s sweeping tariffs. The average U.S. tariff rose from 2.6% to 13%, about 10 percentage ...

Outdoing Bunny Love At Super Bowl

Local Commentaries

Following the Super Bowl halftime show, support for ICE has skyrocketed to 99%, according to the Babylon Bee, known for “fake news you can trust.” Speaking of which, the NFL plans to have next year’s show feature Iranian mullahs speaking in Farsi leading fans in chanting “Death to America” to express the league’s full commitment to the mush of modern tolerance and hyper-inclusive multiculturalism. Bad Bunny’s sign at the end of his performance saying “The only thing more powerful than hate is love” compels the morally-confused NFL to provide Iran’s mullahs a ...

Most Severe Punishment Isn’t Enough In Child Death Cases

In Our Opinion

Two Jamestown men will go to prison after pleading guilty to killing infants in a fit of rage within two weeks of each other in April 2024. Matthew Nuttall, 27, will be sentenced this year after throwing a child into a Pack-and-Play portable crib because he was frustrated the baby wouldn’t stop crying. The child’s spinal cord was severed, which caused the child’s death. In December, Sean Thomas pled guilty to first-degree manslaughter just before his jury trial was scheduled to begin after admitting to causing the death of eight-month-old Aniyah Turk. Thomas intentionally ...

At Moment, Rural Red Has Grip On Congress

Editor's Corner

Do not expect a level playing field when it comes to the races for U.S. Congress in this region that spans two states. Both incumbents Nick Langworthy of New York and Glenn “G.T.” Thompson of Pennsylvania appear to have plenty of support in their highly Republican districts. Langworthy ...

Innovation Now Needed Because Nuclear Power Demands Grow

In Our Opinion

As America’s energy demands grow exponentially, the country won’t be able to keep up without more nuclear power. For decades, the climate-friendly industry has been held back by overly burdensome regulations, but that’s beginning to change. In the 1960s, plants took about four years to build, and they cost, in today’s dollars, about $1,500 per kilowatt of electricity generated. Now the idea of building a reactor in less than a decade is unheard of, and the cost of construction is six times greater. The Energy Department took steps this month to exempt certain advanced ...