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There’s an impact to new Bills’ stadium

When you drive up Southwestern Blvd. (Route 20) in Orchard Park, you are overwhelmed by the immensity of the new Buffalo Bills stadium. It stands there 156 ft. tall, or about the same height as a 14-story building. Yet, what makes it so immense is that it is like seeing ten or twelve such buildings all tied together. The size of it dominates the horizon. I can remember only two other public work projects in Western New York than can even compare with it—one being the completion of the New York State Thruway in 1960 and the other, at about the same time, the building and completion ...

Langworthy fights for billionaires, not us

Growing up, my family was destitute. If not for food stamps, we would have had little food – even so, there were times when our refrigerator was empty. If not for Medicaid, we would not have had healthcare. We often lacked the money for basic necessities such as electricity and phone service. My family would have been homeless if not for the charity of my grandmother. Our vehicles were given to us by charity organizations. I had one doll, not thirty. Her name was Ashley and my mother made her by hand because we could not afford a Cabbage Patch doll for Christmas. I went to early ...

Voting no will ‘decimate’ district

What does it mean to vote no on a school budget? Voting no speaks volumes. It speaks to students in particular. Voting no tells students that programs that help them excel are excessive. We don’t need to provide options for students to explore different opportunities in high school. Music and the arts, clubs and intramural activities are “extras.” Sports teams don’t make a difference in students’ lives. Our accolades, scholarships, and celebrations of achievements in school activities, sports, honor roll, unified sports, community service, and academic awards are ...

Best of our leaders have smarts, empathy

I don’t know, maybe we are not as smart as we think we are. If we are so smart, why does our species keep trying to kill ourselves off? With the human history of violence and hatred, it’s a wonder we’re still here. Evolution takes a very long time, let’s hope humankind can survive long enough to evolve to a higher state where intelligence and kindness take over leadership, and stay there. I started thinking of our current politics in terms of evolution after watching a video of a commencement speech made by Illinois Gov. JB Pritzker in 2023. Pritzker made the correlation ...

Dunkirk baseball a winner on, off field

I grew up with baseball. My brothers and cousins played Little League and Babe Ruth together on the same teams. This is how I learned the game of baseball and came to know Frank Jagoda. As fate would have it, he was on the same teams in both leagues as well. There was never a time I wasn’t watching a game. I watched Babe Ruth games until I didn’t know anyone playing in the league. I was also a freshman in high school watching the high school varsity team. I knew some players, but this team was all upperclassmen with Frank playing his last year of high school ball. Fast ...

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Dallas Morning News: Trump Must See Standing With Ukraine Protects Democracy In a recent talk in Dallas, the former world chess champion turned democracy activist Garry Kasparov asked the audience to try to think of a single time President Donald Trump stood up to Russian strongman Vladimir Putin — to try to name any instance when Putin didn’t get what he wanted while Trump folded American, and democratic, interests. Is it any surprise then that Putin, once again, appears to be getting exactly what he wants, a brutal escalation of his murderous attack on Ukraine with naught but a ...