I hate to admit it, but winter is here! I have never been a big winter guy. I think I would be happiest if we had continual rotations of spring and fall - but such is not the case. Winter is a reality, especially around here. A good friend calls me about this time every year to discuss the ...
On the eleventh hour of the eleventh day or the eleventh month 106 years ago, the hostilities of World War I came (for the most part) to an end. But though it was billed as the war to end all wars, American troops have continued to put their lives on the line for the rest of us and the world ...
Being elderly is a tough thing to admit. At least for me. I’m quick to dismiss the reminders-countless wrinkles, nagging aches and pains, doctors appointments every week, forgetting words and names. The latter is particularly galling. Over half the people I run into say “Hi, Ray,” and I ...
Soon, Gov. Hochul may authorize medical professionals all across New York state to dispense, upon request, a deadly cocktail of poison to patients who are deemed “terminal.” Hopefully, Gov. Hochul will veto this bill. Although New York spends millions of dollars trying to prevent suicide, ...
This should be a week of soul-searching for Chautauqua County Republicans — particularly those in the cities — after Democrats made gains in Jamestown and the Dunkirk area on the Chautauqua County Legislature and the Jamestown City Council. Surely national politics and their effect on ...
We congratulate New York City for their astounding mayoral choice. Forget his sympathies for the perpetrators of 9/11 and his overt anti-Semitism – that’s ancient history. Let us focus on Zohran Mamdani’s real passion: Marxism. Mamdani is a self-proclaimed Marxist, just like the heads ...