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Weekend voices: Democratic Socialists of America lacks family values

The Democratic Socialists of America (DSA) recently held their national conference to promote their ideology, including the Marxist “Dictatorship of the Proletariat.” This is rich irony: they claim to be democratic, yet push their own dictatorship. But it gets worse – they openly aim to abolish your family. Search YouTube: “Democratic Socialists of America Family.” Be prepared for an onslaught of Marxist dialectics and word salads on par with a Kamala Harris speech. You might also ask why they are still wearing masks. Socialism’s objective (democratic or otherwise) is ...

Bills’ fans are smiling all week long

ORCHARD PARK—Let’s pick up where we left off on the 30th anniversary of the most thrilling game in Buffalo Bills’ history. Yes, you know which one that is. It’s the Jan. 3, 1993, playoff game against the Houston Oilers. The Bills were down 28-3 at halftime, and it quickly got worse. The Oilers opened the second half by making it 35-3. No National Football League team had ever won after being down by 32 points. But play by play, score by score, the Bills came roaring back and won on a field goal in overtime. The final score was 41-38. Van Miller, longtime voice of the ...

Traveling for friendship

How many miles do we travel for friendship? I had to ask myself that when the happy invitation arrived in the mail. For dear old friends, my thought is that no amount of miles is too far. In my heart, I certainly would take three flights to Patagonia, a 9-stop train ride, and walk the last five rocky miles. Uphill. Then, as I dream about a steadfast friendship, reality sets in. My pocketbook and my lower back hear that any invitation involves taking a trip, and they’re hoping the distance isn’t much beyond Jamestown. On a quiet, sunny day. This particular invite was for ...

Democrats continue unfair attacks on Trump

President Donald continues to be maligned at every opportunity by those infected with “Trump Derangement Syndrome,” a disease manifested in sufferers by an unthinking hate. A New York Times story, with the headline “Trump orders to strip union rights from nearly half a million workers” caught my attention recently. This was the result of an August 2025 federal appeals court ruling that lifted a preliminary injunction, allowing President Trump’s executive order to eliminate collective bargaining rights for a significant number of federal workers to move forward. This decision ...

Staying interested in the weather

It started with me at an early age. Our farm was located on top of a hill, and we could see the weather coming from the west and then view it to the east as it descended upon Frewsburg and then into the hills around Frew Run and Bone Run. Weather became even more a part of my life when I started flying. When you first start flying a plane, you can only fly when the weather is good...it takes time to earn an instrument ticket so that you can fly in clouds and in low visibility. Back then, we had just the beginnings of weather radar, and so the FAA Flight Service Stations across the ...

Defining 9/11 as Patriots Day

Twenty-four years have passed since the tragic events of 9/11. In that time, we have had the ability to mourn the deaths of thousands. We have heard the story of hero after hero from the days just after two planes crashed into the world trade center in New York City. We witnessed the bravery of those at the Pentagon as a third commercial jetliner slammed into the outside wall. A recount of the conversations had with passengers aboard a fourth plane as they planned to suppress their captors and in completing the task crashed outside all metropolitan areas in the rural lands of ...