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Opinion

A Boat Ride Under the Bridge

Local Commentaries

The other day, on a beautiful morning, a friend and I took a boat ride under the Chautauqua Lake Bridge. There was a lot to see. A bridge is a bit like an iceberg in that there is much more of it below the road surface than above it. That means that much of the construction work is also more ...

New York’s Green Scheme

Local Commentaries

Are New York state voters waking up to the looming disaster caused by the Climate Leadership and Community Protection Act (CLCPA) of 2019, which eliminated nuclear and fossil fuel based electricity by 2040? Not yet, apparently. Former Gov. Andrew Cuomo, who killed nuclear power in New ...

Does Military Service Matter?

Local Commentaries

There is much chatter about military service by presidential candidates, most of it to deflect from Democrat VP Candidate Walz’s false claims of rank and position in the Guard. But more distressingly, Walz’s claims reveal him to be a phony and a narcissist. No real leader would abandon ...

As School Returns, Bullying Unfortunately Does As Well

In Our Opinion

Young people’s return to their classrooms each fall usually is a routine, uneventful exercise, even for young men and women transitioning from high school to a college environment. They’ve gone through the proverbial ritual of clothes-buying over the latter part of the summer, as well as ...

Caregivers Are Worthy Of Being Respected

Local Commentaries

CHAUTAUQUA—“Wine, Women, and Dementia” is an unusually catchy title for a film and an organization with an important mission. But first a word about those behind the film from Wine, Women, and Dementia’s website. Producer Beth Rigazio has been a respite caregiver for a friend’s ...

Langworthy Keeps Focus On Topics Ailing Area

Editor's Corner

Standing in front of Buffalo’s VA Medical Center last month, U.S. Rep. Nick Langworthy put the institution on alert during a press briefing. Following up on complaints heard from Western New York constituents regarding a lack of urgency with treatment, the congressman called for immediate ...