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Let me thank you for your time

The other day, as I was sitting in a dentist’s chair having my teeth cleaned, it reminded me of the reality that there are some jobs that physically have to be done by people. There are jobs that cannot be done at home using only a computer and an internet connection. It is not just ...

Turning a blind eye to world’s problems

Some 500,000 people in Gaza are facing imminent death from starvation. We are financing this. Their blood is on our hands. Starvation is a very slow, painful death. Elon Musk’s Tesla company paid no taxes last year. That is why we are broke. We are living in a time when there is enough ...

Fly U.S. flag while remembering sacrifices

On Monday, the city of Dunkirk and a number of other area communities will honor its local veterans who had served or paid the ultimate price to protect and defend our country. Our country lists five official wars along with two police actions in Korea and Vietnam and the operations in ...

The forgotten founding father

For most of us when we think of the founding fathers of our nation we think of George Washington, Thomas Jefferson, Ben Franklin or John and Samuel Adams. However, Dr. Joseph Warren, who played a major role in events leading to the rebellion, remains our forgotten “founding father.” Who ...

Rounding Third: Big dream of exercise machines

Dream was the word I associated with exercise machines in the old days. Not the dream of ownership, but the dream of possibility. The machine promised the ultimate transformation. I was going to become the new me. Now, at my advanced age with dashed dreams, I am giving up. I decided that this ...