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Commentary

State energy policies full of risk

I am a retired business rep for International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers Local 97. This union represents the employees of National Grid, as well as those who lost their jobs at the Huntley and Dunkirk Power Plants. Another IBEW Local represented the employees who lost their jobs at ...

Is there room for Hogan in cabinet?

Now that a Fox News celebrity has been nominated to be Secretary of Defense and a former top executive at World Wrestling Entertainment (WWE) tapped to run the Education Department, it would seem likely that there could be a job opening for Hulk Hogan in the federal government. As the old ...

Natural gas vital to energy grid

It would be folly to allow politicians to diagnose and treat our medical conditions, just as it is folly to permit them to diagnose and treat our energy woes. Politicians are often responding to pressure from various stakeholders like self-serving industry groups and environmental ...

Our great nation is average in some arenas

Our great nation is average in some studies How exceptional is America? Are we still the envy of the world because of our form of government and its ideals? Is the cultural diversity of our people still our greatest strength? Maybe it’s time to take a closer look at the idea of American ...

State residents will pay dearly for ‘Superfund’

The New York state governor recently signed a $75 billion “Superfund” law to compensate so-called “victims” for “damages” done by “extreme climate events.” This is laughable on all accounts, but the effect on our society won’t be. While the rest of the world is discovering the ...

Higher expenses driving current crisis

The OBSERVER’s View (Jan. 3-4) blames past village of Fredonia boards from back as far as 2015 for a role in the current fiscal mess, but is not faulting current mayor, trustees or fire chief. Really? That’s right up there with the county fly car system that has operated at more than a ...