“Freaks,” produced in 1932 by Tod Browning, is a movie about a traveling circus. It is a work of fiction, but features real people with various disabilities, malformities, and other abnormal conditions. They were misfits, aberrations, even abominations by some standards of the time. But ...

Once again I lead with stories of Starvation in Gaza. An adult can live 50 to 60 days without food. The Israelis’ have allowed very little food into Gaza and people are dying of starvation. Hundreds of Palestinian people have been shot while trying to get food from the Gaza Humanitarian ...

It has come to my attention that we live in a society that outsources goods and services and that loyalty has been displaced. I understand that in these difficult economic times we have to economize, but to what end. In light of the fiscal problems that face both Dunkirk and Fredonia, ...

CHAUTAUQUA—If you haven’t read John Whittaker’s page-one story on Chautauqua Institution in the July 19-20 edition of this newspaper, please pull it out of your recyclables. This well-written story is worth reading. Twice, maybe thrice. Chautauqua Institution is an extraordinary ...

Finian, our Maine Coon cat, longs to be outdoors. He sits in the windows staring at the birds, the occasional chipmunk, and the resident bunny family. He paces, his huge furry tail swishing with urgency – the same swishing he displays as mealtime approaches. We have to work at keeping him ...

Throughout the campaign and since his reelection President Donald Trump has made plain his intention to close or drastically shrink the size of the Department of Education. Teachers unions are vehemently opposed to the potential closure. They view such actions as detrimental to students. ...