New York’s power grid spent last week in the spotlight as a four-day heat wave brought requests to moderate power usage – including requests by Gov. Kathy Hochul and New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani’s for air conditioners to be set to 78 degrees and for as many electric devices as ...
When Martin Luther (the originator of the Protestant Reformation), in the early 1500s, wrote that any honest vocation is pleasing to God, one has a glimpse of what is known as the “Protestant work ethic.” A job brings some independence from parents to a high school graduate or college ...
“I don’t know what to believe anymore.” These seven words are uttered so often these days that if given a beat and melody, they would be the hit song of the century. For many of us, the words reflect more than confusion and distrust in government. They reveal a deep seated fear that ...
Chautauqua County’s only Catholic school is in the midst of a transition. With the resignation of Principal Paul Pinto, the Northern Chautauqua Catholic School lost a key leader. Just like one of his predecessors in Andrew Ludwig, Pinto was a cheerleader and advocate for the institution. ...
Socialists have a long history of writing checks that Socialism cannot cash, and the platform of the Democrat(ic) Socialists of America (DSA) continues that tradition. Socialism is Socialism, whether or not proclaimed “Democratic” for political convenience. There is no difference ...
There comes a point when citizens must speak plainly, and for many of us in the village of Fredonia and the city of Dunkirk, that moment has arrived. The tax burdens imposed on local residents have grown so excessive, so punitive, and so detached from the principles of limited government, that ...